Support-Person Promotion of a Smoking Quitline A Randomized Controlled Trial
Support-Person Promotion of a Smoking Quitline A Randomized Controlled Trial
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DOI:
10.1016/j.amepre.2011.03.012
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发表时间:
2011-07-01
影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
Zhu, Shu-Hong
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作者:
Patten, Christi A.;Smith, Christina M.;Zhu, Shu-Hong
Background: Quitlines and other evidence-based cessation treatments are greatly underutilized by smokers, limiting their public health impact. Social support is correlated with successful cessation. Thus, efforts targeting the social network of smokers could be a potential avenue to promote quitline utilization.Purpose: This study examined the efficacy of an intervention for nonsmokers interested in helping a smoker (i.e., support people) to promote smoker utilization of the Minnesota QUITPLAN (R) Helpline. Data were collected from 2007 to 2010, and analyses were conducted from 2010 to 2011.Design: Two-group randomized design evaluating the support-person intervention (n=267) compared with a control condition (written materials, n=267).Setting/participants: Enrolled were 534 support people (91% female, 93% Caucasian) residing in Minnesota.Intervention: Written materials plus three weekly telephone sessions lasting 10-30 minutes each. Based on Cohen's theory of social support, the intervention provided participants with information and skills needed to encourage their smoker to call the QUITPLAN Helpline.Main outcome measures: Participants completed the Support Provided Measure (SPM) by mail at baseline and Week 4 (end-of-treatment). Helpline intake staff documented smoker calls to the Helpline through 6 months of follow-up.Results: The proportion of calls to the Helpline was significantly (p=0.012) greater for smokers linked to support people in the intervention group (16.1%, 43/267) than in the control group (8.6%, 23/267). The treatment effect remained significant after adjusting for support person residing with the smoker (OR=2.04, 95% CI=1.19, 3.49, p=0.010). Among support people randomly assigned to the intervention group, greater number of sessions completed was associated with increased smokers' calls to the Helpline (p=0.004). After adjusting for the baseline score, the M +/- SD SPM score at Week 4 was significantly higher for support people in the intervention group (16.4 +/- 3.3) than for those in the control group (15.3 +/- 3.6), p=0.002.Conclusions: A support-person intervention is effective in increasing smoker utilization of the QUITPLAN Helpline. There is potential for increasing the reach of quitlines by targeting the social network of smokers.