This study aims to pilot a method of collecting the post-discharge follow-up data required by the Joint Commission Tobacco Measure Set, using text messages sent to and received from patients' cellular-telephones. It also aims to assess whether specially designed relapse prevention text messages designed to encourage abstinence from smoking, can increase the proportion of smokers who remain abstinent during the first month after discharge from hospital.
Participants will be those who are hospitalized at Hershey Medical Center and are interested in help to stay quit when they leave the hospital.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
158
Motivational text messages in addition to survey questions about smoking status
Only survey questions about smoking status
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States
Complete Self-reported Tobacco Abstinence During the Prior 7 Days, as Reported on Telephone Interview, 28 Days After Discharge From Hospital (With Biochemical Verification in a Sub-sample, Exhaled Carbon-monoxide < 10 Parts Per Million).
Abstinence rate at 28 days
Time frame: 28 days
Proportion of Participants Providing Smoking Cessation Status Via Text Message
proportion of participants providing data about smoking status via text message at 28 days
Time frame: 28 days
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