Does Motivation Matter? Analysis of a Randomized Trial of Proactive Outreach to VA Smokers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Current guidelines advise providers to assess smokers' readiness to quit, then offer cessation therapies to smokers planning to quit and motivational interventions to smokers not planning to quit.

Objectives

We examined the relationship between baseline stage of change (SOC), treatment utilization, and smoking cessation to determine whether the effect of a proactive smoking cessation intervention was dependent on smokers' level of motivation to quit.

Design

Secondary analysis of a multicenter randomized controlled trial.

Participants

A total of 3006 current smokers, aged 18-80 years, at four Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers.

Interventions

Proactive care included proactive outreach (mailed invitation followed by telephone outreach), offer

SUBMITTER: Danan ER 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4945562 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature