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Comparative effectiveness of intervention components for producing long-term abstinence from smoking: a factorial screening experiment.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To identify promising intervention components that help smokers attain and maintain abstinence during a quit attempt.

Design

A 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 randomized factorial experiment.

Setting

Eleven primary care clinics in Wisconsin, USA.

Participants

A total of 544 smokers (59% women, 86% white) recruited during primary care visits and motivated to quit.

Interventions

Five intervention components designed to help smokers attain and maintain abstinence: (1) extended medication (26 versus 8 weeks of nicotine patch + nicotine gum); (2) maintenance (phone) counseling versus none; (3) medication adherence counseling versus none; (4) automated (medication) adherence calls versus none; and (5) electronic medication monitoring with feedback and counseling versus electronic medication monitoring alone.

Measurements

The primary outcome was 7-day self-reported point-prevalence abstinence 1 year after the target quit day.

Findings

Only extended medication produced a main effect. Twenty-six versus 8 weeks of medication improved point-prevalence abstinence rates (43 versus 34% at 6 months; 34 versus 27% at 1 year; P = 0.01 for both). There were four interaction effects at 1 year, showing that an intervention component's effectiveness depended upon the components with which it was combined.

Conclusions

Twenty-six weeks of nicotine patch + nicotine gum (versus 8 weeks) and maintenance counseling provided by phone are promising intervention components for the cessation and maintenance phases of smoking treatment.

SUBMITTER: Schlam TR

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4692280 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Comparative effectiveness of intervention components for producing long-term abstinence from smoking: a factorial screening experiment.

Schlam Tanya R TR Fiore Michael C MC Smith Stevens S SS Fraser David D Bolt Daniel M DM Collins Linda M LM Mermelstein Robin R Piper Megan E ME Cook Jessica W JW Jorenby Douglas E DE Loh Wei-Yin WY Baker Timothy B TB

Addiction (Abingdon, England) 20151119 1

<h4>Aims</h4>To identify promising intervention components that help smokers attain and maintain abstinence during a quit attempt.<h4>Design</h4>A 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 randomized factorial experiment.<h4>Setting</h4>Eleven primary care clinics in Wisconsin, USA.<h4>Participants</h4>A total of 544 smokers (59% women, 86% white) recruited during primary care visits and motivated to quit.<h4>Interventions</h4>Five intervention components designed to help smokers attain and maintain abstinence: (1) ext ...[more]

PMID: 26581819

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Comparative effectiveness of intervention components for producing long-term abstinence from smoking: a factorial screening experiment.

Aims

Design

Setting

Participants

Interventions

Measurements

Findings

Conclusions

Publications

Comparative effectiveness of intervention components for producing long-term abstinence from smoking: a factorial screening experiment.

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