Improving tobacco dependence treatment outcomes for smokers of lower socioeconomic status: A randomized clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Evidence-based treatments for tobacco dependence are significantly less effective for smokers of lower socioeconomic status which contributes to socioeconomic disparities in smoking prevalence rates and health. We aimed to reduce the socioeconomic gradient in treatment outcomes by systematically adapting evidence-based, cognitive-behavioral treatment for tobacco dependence for diverse lower socioeconomic smokers.

Methods

Participants were randomized to adapted or standard treatment, received six 1-h group treatment sessions, and were followed for six months. We examined the effectiveness of the adapted treatment to improve treatment outcomes for lower socioeconomic groups.

Results

Participants (n=227) were ethnically, racially, and socioeconomically diver

SUBMITTER: Sheffer CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7780926 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature