Proactive Outreach for Smokers in VA Mental Health

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Conditions studied: Smoking

In brief

Veterans with a mental health diagnosis have higher a prevalence of smoking and higher rates of smoking-related morbidities compared to the general Veteran population. Smoking cessation treatment delivery in the VA typically depends on a visit from a health care provider. In this study, investigators will use information within the electronic medical record to identify all smokers with a mental health diagnosis at a VA health care facility and proactively reach out to enroll them in an intensive tobacco cessation treatment program. This approach could be generalized to other behaviors and provides a novel method to improve the health of an entire population of patients.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01737281

Run by

VA Office of Research and Development

People needed

1938

Starts

2014-07-01

Expected to finish

2018-06-30

Last updated by the study team

2019-03-26

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Current smoker (i.e., any tobacco use in past 30 days)
• Seen in VA Mental Health Clinic in prior 12 months

You may not qualify if…

• Dementia
• Does not speak English
• Does not have a telephone and mailing address (necessary to mail out consent materials and to deliver the telephone-based intervention)

Where it is running

• James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital, Tampa, FL — Tampa, Florida, United States
• Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN — Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
• Manhattan Campus of the VA NY Harbor Healthcare System, New York, NY — New York, New York, United States
• Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX — Houston, Texas, United States

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