Commitment contracts and team incentives: a randomized controlled trial for smoking cessation in Thailand.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Treatment for tobacco dependence is not available in many low-resource settings, especially in developing countries.

Purpose

To test the impact of a novel mix of monetary and social incentives on smoking abstinence in rural communities of Thailand.

Design

An RCT of commitment contracts and team incentives for rural smokers to quit smoking. Smokers were not blinded to treatment status, although the assessor of the biochemical urine test was.

Setting/participants

All adult smokers living in the study area were eligible to participate; 215 adult smokers from 42 villages in Nakhon Nayok province, Thailand, participated. Fourteen smokers who lacked teammates were dropped.

Intervention

A total of 201 smokers were assigned to a two-person team, and t

SUBMITTER: White JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3806235 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature