Computer Delivered and Community Health Worker Supported Smoking Cessation Intervention

Johns Hopkins University22 enrolled

Overview

The prevalence of tobacco smoking is high among persons with HIV (PWH). The investigators are piloting a two session computer-delivered intervention (CBI) with linkage to a community health worker (CHW) among hospitalized PWH with tobacco use 1a) To determine feasibility and acceptability of delivering this intervention and 2a) To determine intervention effect on 1) readiness to quit smoking and confidence in ability to quit smoking 2) uptake of smoking cessation therapy

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Tobacco Smoking

Interventions

CBI-CHWBEHAVIORAL

2 sessions of computer delivered counseling + nicotine replacement therapy and CHW follow up post hospitalization up to twice weekly for up to 8 weeks

Standard CareOTHER

Standard tobacco treatment care offered by the inpatient care

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 80 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Age \>=18, * A patient admitted to the Johns Hopkins Hospital * Smoked \>100 cigarettes in their lifetime * Current smoker * English speaking Exclusion Criteria: * Contraindication to nicotine replacement therapy including unstable angina and acute coronary syndrome

Locations (1)

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Intervention Feasibility as assessed by the Feasibility of Intervention Measure

4 item scale, maximum score of 20 with higher score indicating greater feasibility

Time frame: 3 months

Intervention Acceptability as assessed by the Acceptability of an Intervention Measure

Noted as continuous score on 4 item scale, maximum value of 20 with higher score indicating greater acceptability

Time frame: 3 months

Secondary Outcomes

Readiness to quit smoking as assessed by a Visual analog scale

Score of 10=Ready to Quit, Score of 1=Not ready to quit. Scale is from 1-10

Time frame: immediately post intervention

Uptake of nicotine replacement therapy

Dichotomous yes/no.

Time frame: immediately post intervention

Continued use of nicotine replacement therapy 1 month post intervention

Dichotomous yes/no.

Time frame: 30 days post intervention

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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