Impediment Profiling for Smoking Cessation: Evaluation Using a Retrospective Cohort Design
Complete Project
Title:
Impediment Profiling for Smoking Cessation: Evaluation Using a Retrospective Cohort Design
Status:
Completed
Topic:
Smoking Cessation
Funding Source:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Funding Period:
2001-2002
Study Design:
Prospective Pilot Study with a Retrospective Match Cohort Control
Purpose:
The purpose of this study was to compare the results from our previous smoking cessation study (Tailored Interventions for Smoking Cessation (TISC): see below) against a similar group of adults who did not participate in the original study, but were also motivated to quit smoking.
Further Study Details:
A total of 86 adults completed the impediment profile questionnaire used in the TISC study and responded to questions regarding smoking status. Carbon monoxide (CO) readings were also taken to compare to self-reported information. These findings were then compared to the results of the TISC study to determine whether there was a difference in smoking status between adults, motivated to quit smoking, who participated in the TISC study and those who did not.
Findings:
This study showed that the TISC program was more effective at helping women quit smoking as compared to quitting without assistance; however, evidence of this difference was not found among the men who participated in the study.
Eligibility:
Adult men and women with a history of smoking for at least one year and an average of 15 or more cigarettes per day.
Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center