与吸烟相关的COVID-19风险信息对社区吸烟者戒烟的影响:一个务实的随机对照试验
Xue Weng1,2, Tzu Tsun Luk2, Yongda Socrates Wu2
1Institute of Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai, China.
Tobacco induced diseases
|June 16, 2023
概括
与标准支持相比,关于COVID-19风险的信息并没有增加吸烟禁欲. 这项随机临床试验发现,接受定制或通用戒烟信息的组之间戒烟率没有显著差异.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 行为科学 行为科学
- 临床试验 临床试验
背景情况:
- 以前的研究表明,COVID-19风险信息可能有助于戒烟.
- 随机临床试验 (RCT) 的证据不足以证实这一假设.
- 这项研究解决了在COVID-19大流行期间关于戒烟干预措施的RCT证据的需求.
研究的目的:
- 为了比较COVID-19风险信息的有效性与通用戒烟支持对吸烟戒断的有效性.
- 在实用随机临床试验环境中评估戒烟结果.
- 为了确定定制消息是否会在流行病的背景下提高戒烟率.
主要方法:
- 在香港进行的一项实用随机临床试验 (RCT) 涉及1166名参与者.
- 干预组接受了有关吸烟COVID-19风险的即时消息和三个月的戒烟支持.
- 对照组接受了三个月的通用短信支持;主要结果是生物化学验证的7天点患病率禁欲 (PPA) 在3个月和6个月.
主要成果:
- 干预组和对照组在三个月 (9.6%对11.8%) 或六个月 (9.3%对11.7%) 验证的7天PPA没有显著差异.
- 在基线时感知到的更高的COVID-19严重程度与六个月后更大的吸烟戒断有关.
- 随着时间的推移,观察到对感知COVID-19严重性变化的边际显著干预效应.
结论:
- 通过即时通讯传达与吸烟相关的COVID-19风险并没有比通用戒烟支持更有效地增加吸烟禁欲.
- 调查结果表明,专注于流行病特定风险的定制消息可能不会比标准戒烟支持提供额外的好处.
- 进一步的研究可能会探索其他信息传递策略或目标人群,以加强戒烟干预措施.
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