Trial reportBMC medicine2023
Effects of a text messaging smoking cessation intervention amongst online help-seekers and primary health care visitors: findings from a randomised controlled trial.
Trial report in BMC medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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- Effectiveness of the Components of a Digital Multiple Health Behavior Change Intervention Among Individuals Seeking Help Online (Coach): Factorial Randomized Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Trial
- Effectiveness of the Components of a Digital Multiple Health Behavior Intervention Among University Students (Buddy): Factorial Randomized Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Trial
- Individualized Treatment Effects of a Digital Smoking Cessation Intervention Among Individuals Looking Online for Help: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2026Trial
- Mediated effects of a randomised control trial for a text messaging smoking cessation intervention for online help-seekers and primary care visitors.BMC public health · 2024Trial
- Feasibility of delivering a digital multiple health behaviour intervention via a home-telemonitoring system: engagement, outcomes, and user experiences.BMC research notes · 2026Article
- Behavioral smoking cessation outcomes among industrial workers in Myanmar following a health belief model-based health education and mobile phone short message service intervention.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
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- Smoking Cessation in Primary Care: A Narrative Review of Evidence-Based Treatment, Emerging Technology, and Harm Reduction Approaches.Journal of primary care & community healthReview
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Abstract
backgroundSmoking continues to be a leading risk factor for several diseases globally. We hypothesised that an intervention delivered via text messages could help individuals who were looking to quit.
methodsA two-arm, parallel-groups, randomised controlled trial was employed. Both groups received treatment as usual, with the intervention group also receiving a 12-week text messaging intervention. Participants were adult, weekly or more frequent smokers, recruited online and in primary health care centres. Research personnel were blinded, while participants were not. Primary outcomes were prolonged abstinence and point prevalence of abstinence, 3 and 6 months post-randomisation. All randomised participants were included in analyses.
resultsBetween 18 September 2020 and 16 June 2022, we randomised 1012 participants (intervention: 505, control: 507). Outcome data was available for 67% (n = 682) of participants at 3 months and 64% (n = 643) at 6 months. At 3 months, the odds ratio (OR) of prolonged abstinence was 2.15 (95% compatibility interval [CoI] = 1.51; 3.06, probability of effect [POE] > 99.9%, p < 0.0001), and for point prevalence of abstinence, it was 1.70 (95% CoI = 1.18; 2.44, POE = 99.8%, p = 0.0034) in favour of the text messaging intervention. At 6 months, the OR of prolonged abstinence was 2.38 (95% CoI = 1.62; 3.57, POE > 99.9%, p = < 0.0001), and for point prevalence, it was 1.49 (95% CoI = 1.03; 2.14, POE = 98.3%, p = 0.0349) in favour of the text messaging intervention. Analyses with imputed data were not markedly different.
conclusionsAmongst general population help-seekers-who on average had smoked for 25 years-access to a 12-week text messaging intervention produced higher rates of self-reported smoking abstinence in comparison to treatment as usual only. The intervention could be part of the societal response to the burden which smoking causes; however, findings are limited by risk of bias due to attrition, self-reported outcomes, and lack of blinding.
trial registrationThe trial was preregistered in the ISRCTN registry on 27/07/2020 (ISRCTN13455271).
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