An Intervention to Address Parental Smoking During the Postpartum Hospitalization. (NEWS)

Using the Postpartum Hospital Stay to Address Mother's and Father's Smoking: the NEWS Study

The purpose of the study is to find better ways to help parents quit smoking, thus improving their own health, the health of their children, and the health of other family members. This study tested the feasibility and acceptability of enrolling parents into a telephone quitline during postpartum hospitalization. Half of the parents in the study received quit smoking assistance (intervention group), and half of the parents did not (control group). The percentage of parental smokers who are enrolled in quit smoking programs by the study follow-up will be greater in the intervention group than in the control group.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Tobacco Use; Parental Smoking
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Telephone Quitline Enrollment

Detailed Description

This is a randomized control trial to test the feasibility and efficacy of modifying hospital staff practices on the postpartum floor and intervening with parents before hospital discharge to help them quit smoking. Over 14 months, we assessed the smoking status of both parents of all newborns delivered at 1 hospital. Moms and dads who were current smokers (1 cigarette, even a puff, in past 30 days) or recent quitters (smoked since one month prior to conception) were eligible for the study. Enrolled parents were randomly assigned to the control or intervention group. The intervention included a brief motivational interview (MI), enrollment in the proactive state quitline, and follow-up faxes to the pediatric, OB, and PCP providers with tailored treatment messages.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 101
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Massachusetts
    • Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114
      • Massachusetts General Hospital

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: ADULT; OLDER_ADULT; CHILD
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Parents of newborns delivered at MGH ("parent" includes the mother, father or another legal guardian) who are: a) current smokers (have smoked, even a puff, within the last 30 days and/or b) recent quitters (have smoked, even a puff, since 30 days prior to conception);
• Telephone access;
• English competency, adequate to participate in the interview;
• Massachusetts resident for next 3 months (from date of consent).

Exclusion Criteria:

• Non-smokers or parents who have not smoked since before one month prior to conception (cessation great than 10 months);
• Non-English speaking;
• Non-Massachusetts residents;
• Any family with critically ill mother or infant that the obstetrical nurse practitioner does not feel is appropriate to be approached;
• Decline participation.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Interventional Model: PARALLEL
• Masking: NONE

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
NO_INTERVENTION: Control; Moms and dads who were current smokers (1 cigarette, even a puff, in past 30 days) or recent quitters (smoked since one month prior to conception)
EXPERIMENTAL: Intervention Group; Moms and dads who were current smokers (1 cigarette, even a puff, in past 30 days) or recent quitters (smoked since one month prior to conception)	Behavioral: Telephone Quitline Enrollment; The intervention included a brief motivational interview (MI), enrollment in the proactive state quitline, and follow-up faxes to the pediatric, OB, and PCP providers with tailored treatment messages.

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital
• Collaborators: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: February 1, 2005
• Primary Completion (ACTUAL): April 1, 2006
• Study Completion (ACTUAL): April 1, 2006

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: February 12, 2009
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 12, 2009
• First Posted (ESTIMATE): February 16, 2009

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ESTIMATE): February 16, 2009
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 12, 2009
• Last Verified: February 1, 2009

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: smoking cessation; parents
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2004P002104