Increasing digital equity to promote online smoking cessation program engagement among rural adults: a randomized controlled pilot trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cigarette smoking prevalence is higher for rural than urban adults, yet digital access to cessation programming is reduced. We aim to investigate digital access interventions to promote engagement with an online evidence-based cessation treatment (EBCT) program among rural adults.

Methods

This pilot trial used a pragmatic, three-arm, randomized, parallel-group design (ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT05209451). Inclusion criteria included being aged ≥18, Mayo Clinic Midwest patient, rural residency, and currently smokes cigarettes. All participants received an online, 12-week EBCT program and were randomized to receive one of three digital access interventions: print materials (control, n = 30); print materials + loaner iPad device with data plan coverage (n = 30); or print

SUBMITTER: Kelpin S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11458838 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature