Trial reportAmerican journal of public health2012
Self-help booklets for preventing postpartum smoking relapse: a randomized trial.
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Relapse prevention interventions for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- A systematic review of behaviour change techniques within interventions to prevent return to smoking postpartum.Addictive behaviors · 2019Pooled it
- Relapse prevention interventions for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Print-based self-help interventions for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Psychosocial interventions for supporting women to stop smoking in pregnancy.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Psychosocial interventions for supporting women to stop smoking in pregnancy.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2013Pooled it
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- Depressive Symptoms Assessed Near the End of Pregnancy Predict Differential Response to Postpartum Smoking Relapse Prevention Intervention.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2020Trial
- Long-term outcomes from a self-help smoking cessation randomized controlled trial.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2018Trial
- A Randomized Trial of Text Messaging for Smoking Cessation in Pregnant Women.American journal of preventive medicine · 2017Trial
- Smoking Cessation for Pregnant Smokers: Development and Pilot Test of an Emotion Regulation Treatment Supplement to Standard Smoking Cessation for Negative Affect Smokers.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2017Trial
- Efficacy of a Nurse-Delivered Intervention to Prevent and Delay Postpartum Return to Smoking: The Quit for Two Trial.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2016Trial
- Extended Self-Help for Smoking Cessation: A Randomized Controlled Trial.American journal of preventive medicine · 2016Trial
- Preventing Postpartum Smoking Relapse: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA internal medicine · 2016Trial
- Relapse-Prevention Booklets as an Adjunct to a Tobacco Quitline: A Randomized Controlled Effectiveness Trial.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2016Trial
- A randomized clinical trial of self-help intervention for smoking cessation: research design, interventions, and baseline data.Contemporary clinical trials · 2014Trial
- Preventing smoking initiation or relapse following 8.5 weeks of involuntary smoking abstinence in basic military training: trial design, interventions, and baseline data.Contemporary clinical trials · 2014Trial
- Prepartum and postpartum predictors of smoking.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2014Trial
- A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of a Phone-based Intervention for Smoking Cessation and Relapse Prevention in the Postpartum Period.Journal of addiction medicineTrial
- Are psychosocial smoking cessation interventions delivered in pregnancy equally effective? A systematic review, meta-analysis and equity analysis of moderation analyses in randomized controlled trials.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2026Article
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Abstract
objectivesWe tested a series of self-help booklets designed to prevent postpartum smoking relapse.
methodsWe recruited 700 women in months 4 through 8 of pregnancy, who quit smoking for their pregnancy. We randomized the women to receive either (1) 10 Forever Free for Baby and Me (FFB) relapse prevention booklets, mailed until 8 months postpartum, or (2) 2 existing smoking cessation materials, as a usual care control (UCC). Assessments were completed at baseline and at 1, 8, and 12 months postpartum.
resultsWe received baseline questionnaires from 504 women meeting inclusion criteria. We found a main effect for treatment at 8 months, with FFB yielding higher abstinence rates (69.6%) than UCC (58.5%). Treatment effect was moderated by annual household income and age. Among lower income women (< $30 000), treatment effects were found at 8 and 12 months postpartum, with respective abstinence rates of 72.2% and 72.1% for FFB and 53.6% and 50.5% for UCC. No effects were found for higher income women.
conclusionsSelf-help booklets appeared to be efficacious and offered a low-cost modality for providing relapse-prevention assistance to low-income pregnant and postpartum women.
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