Ability to Reach Low-Income Smokers Enrolled in a Randomised Controlled Trial Varies with Time of Month
Ability to Reach Low-Income Smokers Enrolled in a Randomised Controlled Trial Varies with Time of Month
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DOI：
10.1017/jsc.2017.23
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发表时间：
2018-12-01
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0.9
通讯作者：
Bernstein, Steven L.
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作者：
Hawk, Kathryn;Shi, Ruizhi;Bernstein, Steven L.
简介：由于财政压力，低收入的个人有时会用完手机服务对月底的month.Aims：以确定是否每月的时间影响的能力，以达到低收入smokers by telephone.Methods：我们回顾了数据从一个完成的试验在美国的急诊科（艾德）启动的烟草依赖治疗低收入吸烟者在一个忙碌的，学术艾德在城市社区。我们记录了每个月随访电话的日期，并将每个月分为四个时间段：第1周，第2周，第3周和第4周。结果：总共打了2，049个电话，联系了769名参与者。在这些电话中，677个（33%）导致了联系; 88%的参与者被联系。以第4周为参考，使用广义估计方程，第1、2和3周成功联系的几率分别为1.52（95% CI 1.18，1.96）、1.30（95% CI 1.01，1.66）和1.37（95% CI 1.07，1.76）。这一结果可能反映了低收入吸烟者在本月晚些时候电话服务的活跃率下降，并提出了一种机制，以提高低收入人群未来研究的随访率。
Introduction: Because of financial pressures, low-income individuals sometimes run out of cellphone service towards the end of the month.Aims: To determine if the time of month affects ability to reach low-income smokers by telephone.Methods: We reviewed data from a completed trial in the United States of emergency department (ED)-initiated tobacco dependence treatment for low-income smokers at a busy, academic ED in an urban community. We recorded the date of each one-month follow-up call, and divided each month into four time blocks: Week 1, Week 2, Week 3, and Week 4.Results: A total of 2,049 phone calls were made to reach 769 participants. Of these calls, 677 (33%) resulted in contact; 88% of all participants were contacted. Using generalised estimating equations with Week 4 as reference, the odds of a successful contact at Weeks 1, 2, and 3 were, respectively, 1.52 (95% CI 1.18, 1.96), 1.30 (95% CI 1.01, 1.66), and 1.37 (95% CI 1.07, 1.76).Conclusions: Study participants became progressively difficult to reach. This result may reflect low-income smokers' decreased rates of active telephone service later in the month and suggests a mechanism to improve follow-up rates in future studies of low-income populations.