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A randomized controlled pilot trial of a smoking cessation intervention for US women living with HIV: telephone-based video call vs voice call

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Kim, Sun, Darwish, Sabreen, Lee, Sang A, Sprague, Courtenay, DeMarco, Rosanna F·2018·International Journal of Women s Health

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Background: People living with HIV smoke at a rate three times that of the general population. This randomized controlled pilot trial tested the feasibility and acceptability of a video-call smoking cessation intervention in women living with HIV and its preliminary efficacy compared with a voice-call smoking cessation intervention. The study focused on women due to a paucity of studies among this population, and women are less likely than men to quit smoking when provided with conventional treatment. Methods: Participants in both arms received an HIV-tailored smoking cessation intervention comprising eight 30-minute weekly counseling sessions in conjunction with active nicotine patches for 8 weeks. The only difference between the two arms was the delivery mode of the intervention: via either telephone-based video or voice call. Survival analysis and a Cox proportional hazard regression model were performed to identify factors predicting 6-month prolonged abstinence from smoking. Results: A video-call intervention was almost 30% less feasible than a voice-call intervention because women in their 50s and 60s or poorer women living in some southern states did not have access to video-call equipment. However, those who received the video-call intervention were more likely to complete the study than those who had the voice-call intervention. There was no difference in the acceptability of the two interventions. A survival analysis revealed that those in the video arm were significantly more likely to maintain smoking abstinence over the 6-month follow-up period than those in the voice arm (log rank χ2=4.02, P <0.05). Conclusion: Although a video-call intervention is less feasible than a voice-call intervention, the former seems to outperform the latter in achieving long-term smoking abstinence for women living with HIV, which may offer an advantage over establishing therapeutic alliance and visually monitoring their adherence to nicotine patches. Clinical trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02898597. Keywords: HIV, women, smoking cessation intervention, video call

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Authors
Kim, S., Darwish, S., Lee, S. A., Sprague, C., & DeMarco, R. F.
Affiliations
  • University of Massachusetts Boston (US)
  • University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)
Corresponding author
Kim, Sun
Venue
International Journal of Women s Health
Published
2018-09
Volume
Volume 10
Pages
545-555
ISSN
1179-1411 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2890179624
Cited by
45
References
74
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2.57
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • International Journal of Women s Health (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
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Funders
University of Massachusetts Boston
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Smoking Behavior and Cessation
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
Keywords
smoking cessation, HIV, women living with HIV, nicotine patch, smoking abstinence, feasibility, acceptability, intervention delivery mode

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