Results of a Feasibility Study of Helpers Stay Quit Training for Smoking Relapse Prevention.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Most smoking quit attempts end in relapse, and interventions focused on relapse prevention are lacking. Helpers Stay Quit (HSQ) is a novel behavioral relapse prevention intervention that teaches newly abstinent smokers to offer a "helping conversation" (HC) to help others quit tobacco.

Methods

Pre-post intervention feasibility study with state quitline participants ≥14 days abstinent. Measures at baseline, 3 months, and 6 months included smoking status, offering HCs, and cessation self-efficacy. Primary outcomes: self-reported 7-day point prevalence abstinence; offering HCs. Cox models explored association of HCs with relapse. Preliminary effects analysis using propensity score matching compared 30-day abstinence of quitline clients with study sample at 7 months

SUBMITTER: Muramoto ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7976929 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature