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Trial reportAmerican journal of preventive medicine2017

A Randomized Trial of Text Messaging for Smoking Cessation in Pregnant Women.

Lorien C Abroms, Pamela R Johnson, Leah E Leavitt, Sean D Cleary, Jessica Bushar, Thomas H Brandon, Shawn C Chiang

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in American journal of preventive medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

40 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  4. Mobile Application's Effect on Patient Satisfaction and Compliance in Total Joint Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews · 2023
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  6. A Scoping Review and Meta-analysis of the Use of Remote Biochemical Verification Methods of Smoking Status in Tobacco Research.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2023
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  14. Efficacy of a Texting Program to Promote Cessation Among Pregnant Smokers: A Randomized Control Trial.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2020
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  19. Perinatal Outcomes Among Patients Using OB Teleflex, A Hybrid Prenatal Telemedicine Program.Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology Canada : JOGC = Journal d'obstetrique et gynecologie du Canada : JOGC · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Lorien C AbromsDepartment of Prevention and Community Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia. Electronic address: lorien@gwu.edu.
Pamela R JohnsonWellpass Inc. (formerly Voxiva Inc.), Arlington, Virginia.
Leah E LeavittDepartment of Prevention and Community Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia.
Sean D ClearyDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia.
Jessica BusharZERO TO THREE, Washington, District of Columbia.
Thomas H BrandonMoffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida.
Shawn C ChiangDepartment of Prevention and Community Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia.

Funding

Developing and Scaling an interactive text messaging tool to help pregnantsmokerR44DA035017 · NIDA · VOXIVA, INC. · PI ABROMS, LORIEN C, JOHNSON, PAMELA R · 2013 to 2014
$1.4M
NIDA NIH HHS R44 DA035017
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThere is a need for innovation in both the enrollment of pregnant smokers in smoking cessation treatment programs and in the types of treatments offered. The study tests whether an interactive and intensive text messaging program, Quit4baby, can promote smoking cessation for pregnant women already enrolled in a health text messaging program, Text4baby.

methodsBetween July 2015 and February 2016, a total of 35,957 recruitment text messages were sent to Text4baby subscribers. Eligible pregnant smokers were enrolled and randomized to receive Text4baby (control) or Text4baby and Quit4baby (intervention; N=497). Participants were surveyed at 1 month, 3 months, and 6 months post-enrollment, and saliva samples were collected at 3 months for biochemical verification of smoking status. Data were collected from 2015 to 2016 and analyzed in 2016.

resultsUsing an intention-to-treat analysis, 28.80% of the intervention group and 15.79% of the control group reported not smoking in the past 7 days at 1 month (p<0.01), and 35.20% of the intervention group and 22.67% of the control group reported not smoking in the past 7 days at 3 months (p<0.01). Biochemical verification of smoking status at 3 months indicated no significant differences between groups (15.60% in the intervention group and 10.93% in the control group [p=0.13]), although significant differences favoring the intervention were found for older smokers (p<0.05) and for those who enrolled in their second or third trimester of pregnancy (p<0.05). Self-report of late pregnancy 7- and 30-day point prevalence abstinence favored the intervention group (p<0.001, p<0.01). No significant differences were observed at the 6-month follow-up or in the postpartum period.

conclusionsResults provide limited support of the efficacy of the Quit4baby text messaging program in the short term and late in pregnancy, but not in the postpartum period.

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Text MessagingAdultAge FactorsFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHealth PromotionHumansIntention to Treat AnalysisPostpartum PeriodPregnancyPregnancy TrimestersPregnant PeopleSalivaSmokersSmokingSmoking Cessation

Identifiers

PMID28982527
PMCPMC5696101

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