Feasibility of recruiting young adults with low socioeconomic status for formative evaluation of a smoking cessation mobile intervention.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Participant recruitment is critical to the success of smoking cessation trials. However, recruitment feasibility studies for inclusion and exclusion criteria commonly used in smoking cessation research remain scarce. We assessed the feasibility of recruiting potential research volunteers (PRVs) under two sets of inclusion criteria to inform eligibility requirements for a smoking cessation mobile intervention trial.

Methods

We invited PRVs nationwide to participate in qualitative evaluation of a smoking cessation mobile application. To be eligible under Criteria I, participants were aged 18-29 years, neither four-year college graduates nor enrollees, exclusive cigarette smokers, willing to quit within 30 days, and not using cessation aids. Criteria II expanded el

SUBMITTER: Wakeman M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11558696 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature