Testing the Feasibility of a Guided Imagery Tobacco Cessation Intervention Delivered by a Telephone
Friday, September 18, 2020
Posted by: Natalia Gromov
Judith
S. Gordon, Peter Giacobbi Jr., Julie S. Armin, Uma S.
Nair, Melanie L. Bell, Gayle Povis
Testing
the Feasibility of a Guided Imagery Tobacco Cessation Intervention Delivered
by a Telephone Quitline: Study Protocol for
a Randomized Controlled Feasibility Trial.
Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conctc.2019.100437
Background.
Guided imagery (GI) is an evidence-based method that uses the imagination to
practice and achieve a desired outcome. Little research has focused on how GI
can be delivered to smokers using remote or virtual methods, such as a
telephone-based intervention. Telephone-based services for tobacco cessation
(quitlines) have emerged as standard of care for tobacco cessation.
However, quitlines reach only a small fraction of smokers, and men
and racial/ethnic minorities are less likely to use quitlines than
majority women. GI has the potential to attract under-served minority groups as
well as smokers who are looking for an alternative approach to cessation. The
present study is designed to test the feasibility and potential impact of a GI
tobacco cessation intervention delivered by telephone. This study compares the
GI intervention with a standard behavioral (SB) intervention.
Methods. Participants
(N = 100) are randomized to either the GI (intervention) or SB (control)
condition. Each condition features a 6-week intervention in which participants
work with coaches to quit tobacco. Primary outcomes are feasibility related
(recruitment, retention, adherence), and secondary outcomes include cessation
at 6 months post-intervention (7-day and 30-day abstinence).
Discussion. A
GI intervention delivered via quitline would allow for scalability
and dissemination, potentially reaching a more representative group of smokers.
Results from this study will determine the feasibility of delivering the
GI intervention, and describe the reach of the intervention to
under-represented tobacco users. If successful, our study results will guide
the design and conduct of a future efficacy trial.
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