Purpose

The objective of this study is to test the feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of a tailored text message program to support smoking abstinence among postpartum women who smoke or recently quit.

Condition

Eligibility

Eligible Ages
Over 18 Years
Eligible Genders
Female
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Inclusion Criteria

  • Less than one month postpartum - Live delivery - Smoked at least 100 cigarettes/lifetime - Smoked anytime during their most recent pregnancy - English-speaking - Own a mobile phone - Provide an email address - Willing to receive intervention-related texts - Willing to complete surveys - Willing to provide a saliva sample at the end of the study

Exclusion Criteria

  • Women whose pregnancy did not result in live birth - On a 7-point scale, participant indicates that they are not interested in quitting or staying quit in the next 6 months (Not at all = 1).

Study Design

Phase
N/A
Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention Model
Parallel Assignment
Primary Purpose
Treatment
Masking
None (Open Label)

Arm Groups

ArmDescriptionAssigned Intervention
Experimental
Moms Quit Intervention
12 weeks of the Moms Quit text message intervention
  • Behavioral: Moms Quit
    Participants will receive text messages tailored on (1) current smoking status and (2) intention to quit/remain quit. Message content includes supportive messaging for child and self-care, relapse prevention, and smoking cessation. Women who are ready to quit will receive messages from the SmokeFreeText library.
Active Comparator
Text4Baby
12 weeks of Text4Baby messages
  • Behavioral: Text4Baby
    Text4Baby is a free, publicly available text messaging program that provides information about nutrition, safe sleep tips, baby's milestones, signs and symptoms of labor, doctor visit and appointment reminders, breastfeeding advice, car seat safety, information on health insurance, urgent health alerts, and resource hotlines and websites.

More Details

Status
Completed
Sponsor
University of Kansas Medical Center

Study Contact

Detailed Description

This pilot trial will evaluate a text message intervention (Moms Quit) to be initiated with postpartum women within one month of delivery. Moms Quit is a tailored program to support smoking abstinence among new mothers who are either current smokers or quit during their most recent pregnancy. Investigators will randomize 30 postpartum women, stratified by recent/current smoking status, into Moms Quit versus vs. CONTROL. Investigators hypothesize that participants receiving Moms Quit will have, on average, a significantly longer period of self-reported prolonged abstinence compared to CONTROL.

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