NCT03839043

Short Messaging Service Program to Help Quit Smoking During Perioperative Period.

Perioperative Smoking Cessation in Surgical Patients Using Short Messaging Service Program.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (actual)
• Sponsor: Mayo Clinic · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Smoking can increase the risk of complications around the time of surgery. Researchers are trying to see if a text messaging program can help smokers stay off cigarettes around the time of surgery.

Detailed description

The long-term goal of the project is to increase the reach and effectiveness of tobacco use interventions in healthcare settings. The main objective of this project is to determine whether an innovative tobacco use intervention targeting abstinence from the morning of surgery until one week after surgery ("quit for a bit") can increase sustained engagement of surgical patients in treatment compared with a standard tobacco use intervention that specifically targets long-term abstinence ("quit for good").

Conditions

• Tobacco Use Cessation
• Perioperative/Postoperative Complications
• Tobacco Smoking

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Brief behavioral intervention	"Quit for a bit"- \*advice to quit from the am. of surgery until one week post-surgery, a special emphasis on morning abstinence\* risks of smoking to perioperative outcomes, includes wound infections, breathing problems, and heart problems\*reduction of these risks if able to quit for a bit\*the fact that most smokers don't experience cravings or increased stress around the time of surgery. Subjects will receive written summarizing instructions and a brief abstinence brochure. "Quit for good"- 3 out of the 5A's smoking cessation intervention, including Asking, Advising and Assistance will be provided. The advice endorses immediate, sustained quitting (quit for good), accent on the health and economic benefits of long-term abstinence. Assistance includes a method of setting the date of surgery as the quit date, enlisting social support, anticipation of withdrawal symptoms, and the need for complete abstinence. Subjects will receive written summarizing instructions and a 5As brochure.
OTHER	SMS Program	"Quit for a bit"- Subjects will get SMS messages focused on maintaining abstinence from the morning of surgery until one week after surgery. SMS content focus on the benefits of abstinence to surgical recovery rather than sustained benefits to overall health. Around day 7 postoperatively, messages will encourage subjects to consider extending their abstinence beyond 7 days."Quit for good"- Subjects will get SMS messages focused on general advice for maintaining abstinence, focusing on the long-term health benefits rather immediate benefits to recovery from surgery. SMS content focus on the the surgical date as the quit date, general advice and support for quitting based on the standard Truth Initiative (UbiQUITxt) message library and there will be no references to effects of short-term abstinence on surgical outcomes.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-03-18
• Primary completion: 2021-06-11
• Completion: 2021-06-11
• First posted: 2019-02-15
• Last updated: 2021-07-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States