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Training support persons to help smokers quit: a pilot study.

Christi A Patten1, Kenneth P Offord, Richard D Hurt

  • 1Nicotine Research Program, Departmetn of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA. patten.christi@mayo.edu

American Journal of Preventive Medicine
|May 29, 2004
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A skills training intervention for support persons is feasible and acceptable for aiding smoking cessation. While not statistically significant, the intervention showed promise in increasing quit attempts and abstinence rates.

Area of Science:

  • Public Health
  • Behavioral Science
  • Addiction Research

Background:

  • Investigating interventions to support smoking cessation.
  • Assessing the role of support persons in helping individuals quit smoking.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and potential efficacy of a skills-training intervention for support persons.
  • To determine if training support persons enhances their ability to help smokers quit.

Main Methods:

  • Sixty adult support persons were randomized to a skills-training intervention or a control group.
  • Assessments included treatment acceptability, recruitment/retention, supportive behaviors, and smoker's smoking behavior change.
  • Data collected at baseline, 6, 12, and 24 weeks.

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Main Results:

  • High recruitment and retention rates indicated feasibility and acceptability of the intervention.
  • Support persons in the skills-training group showed significant increases in supportive behaviors.
  • The intervention was associated with more quit attempts and higher abstinence rates, though not statistically significant.

Conclusions:

  • A skills training intervention for support persons is feasible and acceptable.
  • Further research is warranted to confirm the efficacy of this approach for smoking cessation.