STORIES-Stories to Communicate Risk About Tobacco

Partnership Programs to Reduce Cardiovascular Disparities - Deep South Partnerships for Prevention of CVD Disparities

The purpose of this study is to develop and test an intervention based on literacy-appropriate electronic tools, tailored to the demographics and readiness for change of the user, to promote tobacco smoking cessation in a low-literacy population.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Heart Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Health Communication DVD video

Detailed Description

PROJECT STORIES:

STORIES is one of two intervention trials conducted as part of the "Deep South Partnership for the Prevention of CVD Disparities" under the NHLBI Partnership Programs to Reduce Cardiovascular Disparities. STORIES is an innovative approach to smoking cessation programs provided in medical facilities for patients seeking assistance with quitting smoking. Our approach is to provide the patient with counseling prior to being discharged from the hospital in an effort to assist them with quitting smoking. The DVD will include current and previous smokers telling their stories regarding their tobacco use. We feel having the patient see other people similar to them express their views, struggles and successes with quitting smoking will motivate them to quit smoking. The patient will also receive 3 follow up telephone calls to check on their progress. Our hypothesis is that patients exposed to the interactive DVD will be more likely to quit, compared with those not exposed. The specific aims for this health communication project are: (1) to develop a series of interactive, testimonial-base stage of change-matched Health Communication DVD video interventions targeted at low-income, low-literacy African Americans in the Deep South and a health information interactive DVD for the patients selected in the randomized control group; (2) to train a peer health counselor/research assistant to counsel inpatient smokers to quit and assist the community members with learning to use the DVDs and then to follow-up by telephone at two weeks, three months and six months after discharge following enrollment in the project; and (3) to evaluate the impact of the intervention on processes of change and six month cessation rates among smokers using a group-randomized controlled trial.

The study completion date listed in this record was obtained from the "End Date" entered in the Query View Report (QVR) record.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 300
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Alabama
    • Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35294
      • University Of Alabama
    • Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35233
      • Cooper Green Hospital

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 19 years to 78 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

African American inpatients receiving treatment in the medicine unit who desire to quit smoking.

Inclusion Criteria:

• African Americans
• Patients not previously video/interviewed talking about smoking and health
• Patients willing to provide contact information for follow up
• Patients that are able to hear, view and communicate their input on material

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients other than African American
• Admitted with issues of alcohol, drugs, and mentally unstable
• Patients leaving the state after hospitalization
• Patients without contact information for follow up
• Patients below age 19
• Non smokers
• Patients that use chewing tobacco
• Patients that are incarcerated

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Double

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: 1	Behavioral: Health Communication DVD video; Interactive, testimonial-based, stage of change-matched Health Communication DVD video interventions
Other: 2; Attention Control Comparator	Behavioral: Health Communication DVD video; Interactive, testimonial-based, stage of change-matched Health Communication DVD video interventions

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
Smoking cessation	Measured at 6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Sandra Hullett, MD, MPH, Cooper Green Hospital; Principal Investigator: Thomas K Houston, MD, MPH, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Cherrington A, Williams JH, Foster PP, Coley HL, Kohler C, Allison JJ, Kiefe CI, Volkman JE, Houston TK. Narratives to enhance smoking cessation interventions among African-American smokers, the ACCE project. BMC Res Notes. 2015 Oct 14;8:567. doi: 10.1186/s13104-015-1513-1.

Helpful Links

• Alabama Collaboration for Cardiovascular Equality (ACCE) is an initiative under the leadership of Drs. Catarina Kiefe and Sandral Hullett and is comprised of STORIES (NCT00101491), led by Dr. Thomas Houston, and ADAPT (NCT00621569), led by Dr. Jamy Ard.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: September 1, 2004
• Primary Completion (Actual): September 1, 2009
• Study Completion (Actual): August 1, 2010

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 10, 2005
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 10, 2005
• First Posted (Estimate): January 11, 2005

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): July 12, 2016
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 11, 2016
• Last Verified: February 1, 2009

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Heart Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases
• Other Study ID Numbers: 1282; U01HL079153 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract); U01HL079171 (NIH)