Comparative Effectiveness of Mobile Health Smoking Cessation Approaches Among Underserved Patients in Primary Care
University of Florida
Summary
This study will evaluate the comparative effectiveness of three smoking cessation therapies: mobile health (mHealth) application iCanQuit, mHealth application iCanQuit + Motiv8, and the Florida quit line.
Description
The research team will recruit 1,332 adult patients who smoke from primary care clinics in North Central Florida, focusing on: (a) the relative effectiveness of the 3 treatments in adult patients who smoke cigarettes, in underserved urban and rural primary care settings. The team will assign patients by chance to one of the 3 treatments. Smoking cessation will be confirmed with a breath test (measured at 2, 6, and 12 months). The study will measure the effects of these treatments in based on gender, race, ethnicity, rurality, and social vulnerability; (b) their effects on patients' quality of…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 21+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria: * ≥21 years old * Referred by the provider via Ask-Advise-Connect * Receiving care at one of the participating clinics * Daily access to their own smart phone (the study team will provide assistance to patients without a phone to obtain one through aid programs for low-income patients) * No household members already enrolled Exclusion Criteria: * Unstable medical or psychiatric illness
Interventions
- BehavioraliCanQuit
iCanQuit is a smoking cessation smart phone application that uses acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) approach, a cognitive behavioral treatment
- BehavioraliCanQuit+Motiv8
iCanQuit + Motiv8 is a integrated version of iCanQuit (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy smoking cessation therapy application) with Motiv8 (a contingency management program that rewards decreased smoking determined by measuring CO levels of participant)
- BehavioralFlorida quit line
An evidence-based, existing smoking cessation healthcare option recommended by the U.S. clinical practice that connects active smokers to trained quit coaches via referral by their providers.
Location
- University of FloridaGainesville, Florida