Text messaging interventions to support smoking cessation among hospitalized patients in Brazil: a randomized comparative effectiveness clinical trial

Lígia Menezes do Amaral; Telmo Mota Ronzani; Erica Cruvinel; Kimber Richter; Rafaela de Oliveira Andrade; Isabella Oliveira Lanzieri; Ângela Caroline Dias Albino Destro de Macêdo; Isabel Cristina Gonçalves Leite

doi:10.1186/s13104-022-06002-6

Text messaging interventions to support smoking cessation among hospitalized patients in Brazil: a randomized comparative effectiveness clinical trial

BMC Res Notes. 2022 Mar 26;15(1):119. doi: 10.1186/s13104-022-06002-6.

Authors

Lígia Menezes do Amaral¹, Telmo Mota Ronzani², Erica Cruvinel³, Kimber Richter⁴, Rafaela de Oliveira Andrade⁵, Isabella Oliveira Lanzieri⁵, Ângela Caroline Dias Albino Destro de Macêdo⁶, Isabel Cristina Gonçalves Leite⁷

Affiliations

¹ Clinical Medicine Department, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
² Department of Psychology, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
³ Population Health Department, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA.
⁴ Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA.
⁵ Medical School, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora , Minas Gerais, Brazil.
⁶ Medical School, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
⁷ Collective Health Department, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil. isabel.leite@ufjf.edu.br.

Abstract

Objective: A clinical trial carried out in patients hospitalized for clinical and surgical conditions. This study evaluated the effectiveness of text messaging interventions (TM) versus telephone counseling (TC) to promote smoking cessation among hospitalized smokers in a middle-income country. Seven-day abstinence was measured during follow-up phone calls one month after discharge. The comparative cost of the two interventions considered the cost of calls, time spent on phone calls and sending SMS and cost of the professional involved in the approaches.

Results: Past 7-day tobacco abstinence was not statistically different between groups (30.5% in TM group and 26% in TC, p = 0.318). Costs were significantly lower in the TM group (U$9.28 × U$19.45- p < 0,001). Continuous abstinence was reported by 26% of TM participants and 24.5% of TC participants (p = 0.730). In the 3-month follow-up, 7-day abstinence was 23% in the TMI and 27% in the TC (p = 0.356) group. Continuous abstinence was reported by 20% of TM participants and 24% of TC participants (p = 0.334).

Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT03237949 Registred on: 30th May 2017.

Keywords: Patient discharge; Randomized trial; Smoking cessation; Text messaging.

Publication types

Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

Brazil
Humans
Smokers
Smoking Cessation* / psychology
Text Messaging*
Tobacco Use Cessation Devices

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ClinicalTrials.gov/NCT03237949

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