Efficacy of a Texting Program to Promote Cessation Among Pregnant Smokers: A Randomized Control Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Smoking during pregnancy poses serious risks to baby and mother. Few disseminable programs exist to help pregnant women quit or reduce their smoking. We hypothesized that an SMS text-delivered scheduled gradual reduction (SGR) program plus support texts would outperform SMS support messages alone.

Methods

We recruited 314 pregnant women from 14 prenatal clinics. Half of the women received theory-based support messages throughout their pregnancy to promote cessation and prevent relapse. The other half received the support messages plus alert texts that gradually reduced their smoking more than 3-5 weeks. We conducted surveys at baseline, end of pregnancy, and 3 months postpartum. Our primary outcome was biochemically validated 7-day point prevalence abstinence at

SUBMITTER: Pollak KI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7291805 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature