A randomized controlled trial of a videoconferencing smoking cessation intervention for Korean American women: preliminary findings
Authors
Kim, Sun S.Sitthisongkram, Somporn
Bernstein, Kunsook
Fang, Hua (Julia)
Choi, Won S.
Ziedonis, Douglas M.
UMass Chan Affiliations
Systems and Psychosocial Advances Research CenterDepartment of Psychiatry
Department of Quantitative Health Sciences
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Journal ArticlePublication Date
2016-09-07Keywords
smoking cessationwomen
videoconferencing
nicotine
remote biochemical validation
Asian American
Health Services Administration
Substance Abuse and Addiction
Telemedicine
Women's Health
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Introduction: Korean women are reluctant to pursue in-person smoking cessation treatment due to stigma attached to women smokers and prefer treatment such as telephone and online smoking cessation programs that they can access secretively at home. However, there is some evidence that face-to-face interaction is the most helpful intervention component for them to quit smoking. Methods: This study is a pilot clinical trial that examined the acceptability and feasibility of a videoconferencing smoking cessation intervention for Korean American women and compared its preliminary efficacy with a telephone-based intervention. Women of Korean ethnicity were recruited nationwide in the United States and randomly assigned at a ratio of 1:1 to either a video arm or a telephone arm. Both arms received eight 30-minute weekly individualized counseling sessions of a deep cultural smoking cessation intervention and nicotine patches for 8 weeks. Participants were followed over 3 months from the quit day. Results: The videoconferencing intervention was acceptable and feasible for Korean women aged <50 years, whereas it was not for older women. Self-reported abstinence was high at 67% and 48% for the video and telephone arm at 1 month post-quit, respectively. The rates declined to 33% for the video arm and 28% for the telephone arm at 3 months post-quit when salivary cotinine test was performed. Conclusion: Findings support that both videoconferencing and telephone counseling can be effective, and personal preference is likely an important factor in treatment matching. The deep cultural smoking cessation intervention may account for the outcomes of telephone counseling being better than prior studies in the literature for Korean women.Source
Kim SS, Sitthisongkram S, Bernstein K, Fang, HJ, Choi WS, Ziedonis DM. (2016). A randomized controlled trial of a videoconferencing smoking cessation intervention for Korean American women: preliminary findings. International Journal of Women's Health, Volume 2016:8, Pages 453-462. doi:10.2147/IJWH.S109819. Link to article on publisher's websiteDOI
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