Smoking cessation via text messaging: feasibility testing of SMS USA

描述(申请人提供)：大约四分之一的年轻人是目前吸烟者。尽管超过一半的人表示想戒烟或戒烟，但这个年龄段的戒烟率在过去十年里一直停滞不前。短信可能是年轻人戒烟的一种引人注目的干预传递方式，因为它是他们广泛采用的一种媒介。手机干预也是独一无二的，因为他们的能力是始终在线的-干预永远不会远离年轻人的触角，而且它们是自动接收的，而不是要求参与者发起联系才能接收信息。伊巴拉博士与霍尔特罗普博士和格雷厄姆博士一起开发了短信土耳其版，这是一种创新的行为干预措施，使用短信每天向参与者提供基于CBT的戒烟信息。新西兰的罗杰斯和他的同事已经报告了成功地使用短信来提供戒烟计划，他们在英国领导的一项复制研究也是如此。这些数据为基于短信的戒烟计划在美国的可行性提供了乐观的态度。我们建议使用定性方法为设计和内容提供信息，并使用定量方法评估该计划的可行性，我们建议设计和测试SMS(Stop My Smoking)USA，这是一个面向18-25岁年轻人的基于手机的戒烟计划。这一创新的戒烟计划使用年轻人广泛采用的技术，提供基于认知行为疗法(CBT)的积极干预。我们的多学科研究团队汇集了互联网健康和量身定做的戒烟干预措施设计方面的专业知识。公共卫生相关性：这一高覆盖范围的干预措施有可能为年轻人带来戒烟服务，否则他们可能不会使用循证戒烟服务。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): About one in four young adults are current smokers. Although over half report the desire to quit or cut down, quit rates in this age group have remained stagnant in the last ten years. Text messaging may represent a compelling intervention delivery method for smoking cessation for young adults because it is a medium they have widely adopted. Cell phone interventions also are unique because of their 'always on' capability - interventions are never far from the young adult's reach and they are received automatically instead of requiring the participant to initiate contact in order to receive the information. Dr. Ybarra, along with Drs. Holtrop and Graham, have developed SMS Turkey, an innovative behavioral intervention that uses text messaging to deliver CBT-based smoking cessation information to participants daily. Successful use of text messaging to deliver smoking cessation programs has been reported by Rodgers and colleagues in New Zealand and a replication study they are leading in the UK. These data provide optimism for the feasibility of text messaging-based smoking cessation programs in the United States. Using qualitative methods to inform design and content, and quantitative methods to assess the feasibility of the program, we propose to design and test SMS (Stop My Smoking) USA, a cell-phone based smoking cessation program for young adults ages 18-25. This innovative smoking cessation program uses technology widely adopted by young adults, an under-targeted population, to deliver a proactive, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)-based intervention. Our multidisciplinary team of researchers brings together expertise in Internet health and the design of tailored smoking cessation interventions. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This high-reach intervention has the possibility of bringing smoking cessation services to young adults who might otherwise not utilize evidence-based smoking cessation services.