Tailored Tobacco Quitline for Rural Veterans
Completed · Phase 2
Conditions studied: Cigarette Smoking
In brief
The proposed work is designed to help increase access to tobacco cessation services among rural veterans and to develop more effective treatment services that better address comorbid issues commonly experienced by rural smokers. The objectives are: 1. Study the feasibility of an individually-tailored telephone intervention for rural smokers. 2. Examine the impact of the intervention on tobacco use outcomes. 3. Evaluate the effect of the intervention on issues commonly experienced by rural smokers including depressive symptoms, alcohol use, and weight gain.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01592695
- Run by
- Iowa City Veterans Affairs Medical Center
- People needed
- 63
- Starts
- 2012-06-01
- Expected to finish
- 2013-06-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2019-08-02
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 99. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Being a veteran
- 18 + years of age
- Smoke cigarettes on at least a daily basis
- Receive primary care from the Iowa City VAMC or Coralville Clinic
- Live in a non-metropolitan area (based on RUCA codes)
- Be willing to make a quit attempt in the next 30 days
- Be capable of providing informed consent
- Have access to a telephone (land line or cell phone)
- Have a stable residence
You may not qualify if…
- Planning to move within the next 12 months
- Presence of a terminal illness
- Pregnancy
- Unstable psychiatric disorder (e.g., acute psychosis)
- Currently pregnant
- Incarcerated
- Institutionalized
Where it is running
- Iowa City VA Health Care System — Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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