Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
10-3-2017
Journal
Journal of Medical Internet Research [electronic resource]
Volume
19
Issue
10
DOI
10.2196/jmir.8411
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Automated text messages on mobile phones have been found to be effective for smoking cessation in adult smokers.
OBJECTIVE: This study aims to test the acceptability and feasibility of SmokefreeMOM, a national smoking cessation text-messaging program for pregnant smokers.
METHODS: Participants were recruited from prenatal care and randomized to receive SmokefreeMOM (n=55), an automated smoking cessation text-messaging program, or a control text message quitline referral (n=44). Participants were surveyed by phone at baseline and at 1 month and 3 months after enrollment.
RESULTS: Results indicate that the SmokefreeMOM program was highly rated overall and rated more favorably than the control condition in its helpfulness at 3-month follow-up (P
CONCLUSIONS: SmokefreeMOM is acceptable for pregnant smokers. It is recommended that SmokefreeMOM be further refined and evaluated.
TRIAL REGISTRATION: Clinicaltrials.gov NCT02412956; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02412956 (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/6tcmeRnbC).
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APA Citation
Abroms, L., Chiang, S., Macherelli, L., Leavitt, L., & Montgomery, M. (2017). Assessing the National Cancer Institute's SmokefreeMOM Text-Messaging Program for Pregnant Smokers: Pilot Randomized Trial.. Journal of Medical Internet Research [electronic resource], 19 (10). http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/jmir.8411
Peer Reviewed
1
Open Access
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Comments
Reproduced with permission of JMIR Publications Ltd.
Assessing the National Cancer Institute’s SmokefreeMOM Text-Messaging Program for Pregnant Smokers: Pilot Randomized Trial