Trial reportSubstance abuse
The role of pain in quitting among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive smokers enrolled in a smoking cessation trial.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.
- Factors Influencing Tobacco Smoking and Cessation Among People Living with HIV: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.AIDS and behavior · 2024Pooled it
- A Qualitative Systematic Review of Cigarette Smoking Cessation Interventions for Persons Living with HIV.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2019Pooled it
- Population reach, feasibility and acceptability of digital therapeutics for smoking cessation among people living with HIV: Results of the Quitting Matters pilot trial.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2026Trial
- Pain Interference and Intensity in Relation to Abstinence Outcomes Following a One-Session Personalized Feedback Smoking Cessation Digital-Intervention.Substance use & misuse · 2025Trial
- Increasing cessation motivation and treatment engagement among smokers in pain: A pilot randomized controlled trial.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2021Trial
- Pain characteristics and nicotine deprivation as predictors of performance during a laboratory paradigm of smoking cessation.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2020Trial
- Exploring tobacco, cannabis, and pain-related sleep disturbance among people with and without HIV enrolled in a tobacco smoking cessation trial.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2026Article
- The Impact of Smoking on the Development and Severity of Chronic Pain.Current pain and headache reports · 2022Review
- Evaluating the Efficacy of Automated Smoking Treatment for People With HIV: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2021Article
- Pain and smoking study (PASS): A comparative effectiveness trial of smoking cessation counseling for veterans with chronic pain.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2021Article
- Tobacco Use and Health-Related Quality of Life Among Individuals with Depression Who Are Receiving Treatment for HIV in Cape Town, South Africa.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2021Article
- Pain Status as a Predictor of Smoking Cessation Initiation, Lapse, and Relapse.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2021Article
- Perceived Pain and Smoking Interrelations and Expectancies Are Associated With Pain and Smoking Cessation in Individuals With Mobility Impairments.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2021Article
- An update on drug-drug interactions between antiretroviral therapies and drugs of abuse in HIV systems.Expert opinion on drug metabolism & toxicology · 2020Review
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- Characteristics associated with perceived interrelations of pain and smoking among people living with HIV.AIDS care · 2019Article
- Mobile phone text messaging and app-based interventions for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Review
- Perceived Interrelations of Pain and Cigarette Smoking in a Sample of Adult Smokers Living With HIV/AIDS.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2019Article
- A Face-Aging App for Smoking Cessation in a Waiting Room Setting: Pilot Study in an HIV Outpatient Clinic.Journal of medical Internet research · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundSmoking rates among people living with human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS; PLWHA) are at least twice as high as rates in the general population. Consistent with the reciprocal model of pain and smoking, PLWHA with pain who smoke may use smoking as a means of coping with pain, thus presenting a potential barrier to quitting. The aim of this study is to better understand how pain relates to smoking cessation among 474 HIV-positive adults enrolled in a cell phone-delivered smoking cessation trial.
methodsParticipants were randomly assigned to usual care (cessation advice and self-help materials) or 11 sessions of cell phone-delivered smoking cessation treatment. Pain, as assessed by the Medical Outcomes Study-HIV Health Survey (MOS-HIV), and point prevalence abstinence were collected at the 3-month treatment end and at 6- and 12-month follow-ups. Self-reported abstinence was biochemically verified by expired carbon monoxide (CO) level of <7 ppm.
resultsUsing multilevel modeling for binary outcome data, the authors examined the relationship between pain and abstinence, from treatment end through the 12-month follow-up. Consistent with the authors' hypothesis, less pain was associated with greater likelihood of 24-hour (β = .01, t(651) = 2.53, P = .01) and 7-day (β = .01, t(651) = 2.35, P = .02) point prevalence abstinence, controlling for age, gender, baseline pain, nicotine dependence, and treatment group. No pain × treatment group interaction was observed.
conclusionsThese results can help us to better identify PLWHA at greater risk for relapse in smoking cessation treatment. Future research may examine the effectiveness of more comprehensive smoking cessation treatment that incorporates aspects of pain management for PLWHA who smoke and have high pain and symptom burden.
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