A telephone-based intervention to promote physical activity during smoking cessation: a randomized controlled proof-of-concept study.

ABSTRACT: Smoking and physical inactivity contribute to disproportionate disease burden among underserved adults. Telephone-based interventions (quitlines) are becoming the standard care for addressing smoking. There is increasing interest to determine whether quitlines can be utilized to administer interventions for other unhealthy behaviors. This study aims to examine the proof-of-concept and potential efficacy of a telephone-based behavioral counseling intervention to boost daily low-to-moderate physical activity among low-income, physically inactive smokers. Participants (N = 101) were randomized to receive 4 weeks of counseling prior to their smoking quit day that included either standard smoking cessation counseling (control) or the Step-up to Quit (SUTQ) intervention. SUTQ promoted daily walk

SUBMITTER: Nair US 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5526805 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature