Motivating Smokers With Mobility Impairments to Quit Smoking

Status unconfirmed · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Smoking

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine if a newly designed DVD program performs better than standard, printed quit-smoking materials to help smokers who have mobility limitations (e.g., use a cane, wheelchair, braces, crutches, prosthesis) to quit smoking.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01585610

Run by

The Miriam Hospital

People needed

560

Starts

2012-09-01

Expected to finish

2016-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-05-14

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• chronic use of some type of assistance to walk (e.g., walker, cane, wheelchair, braces)
• at least one year duration of the physical disability
• ability to speak and understand English
• smoke > 3 cigarettes per day and > 100 cigarettes in their lifetime
• 18 years of age or older
• visual capability to the extent that they can view the video and potentially benefit from it.

You may not qualify if…

• current receipt of hospice care
• temporary mobility impairment
• refusal to be tape-recorded
• pregnant or lactating
• severe cognitive impairments that would significantly compromise their ability to complete questionnaires or participate in the intervention (a Telephone Interview of Cognitive Status Mini-Mental State score < 25)
• current severe psychiatric or substance abuse problems (> 14 alcoholic drinks per week).

Where it is running

• The Miriam Hospital — Providence, Rhode Island, United States

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