Efficacy of Mobile Phone-Delivered Smoking Cessation Interventions for Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Individuals: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Limited evidence supports mobile phone-delivered cessation interventions for socioeconomically disadvantaged individuals.

Objective

To assess the efficacy of mobile phone-delivered cessation interventions targeted to smokers at neighborhood sites serving racial/ethnic minority and socioeconomically disadvantaged individuals.

Design, setting, and participants

This group-randomized clinical trial with neighborhood site serving as the sampling unit compared smoking cessation interventions that included (1) nicotine replacement therapy (NRT), (2) NRT plus text messaging, and (3) NRT plus text messaging plus proactive counseling via mobile phone. Recruitment took place at churches, public housing complexes, and community centers located throughout the Houston, T

SUBMITTER: Vidrine DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6439644 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature