An experimental investigation of reactivity to ecological momentary assessment frequency among adults trying to quit smoking.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) captures real-time reports in subjects' natural environments. This experiment manipulated EMA frequency to estimate effects on abstinence and peri-cessation subjective experiences.

Design

In this randomized trial, subjects had an equal chance of being assigned to low-frequency (once) or high-frequency (six times) daily EMA for 4 weeks (1 week pre- and 3 weeks post-cessation). Participants completed six office visits over 5 weeks and 6- and 12-week follow-up telephone interviews.

Setting

Community participants were recruited from central New Jersey, USA.

Participants

One hundred and ten adult daily smokers seeking to quit smoking were included in intent-to-treat analyses of tobacco abstinence; 94 were available for seco

SUBMITTER: McCarthy DE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4565778 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature