Usual care in a multicentre randomised controlled trial of financial incentives for smoking cessation in pregnancy: qualitative findings from a mixed-methods process evaluation

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Financial incentives are recommended by the UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to aid smoking cessation in pregnancy. However, little is known about how implementation contexts might impact on their effectiveness. Variations in smoking cessation support (usual care) for pregnant women who smoke were examined qualitatively as part of a prospective process evaluation of the Cessation in Pregnancy Incentives Trial (CPIT III).

Design

Longitudinal case studies of five CPIT III trial sites informed by realist evaluation.

Setting

A stop smoking service (SSS) serving a maternity hospital constituted each case study, located in three UK countries.

Participants

Data collection included semistructured interviews with trial participant

SUBMITTER: McKell J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9730354 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature