UMMS Affiliation

Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences

Publication Date

2021-08-20

Document Type

Article

Disciplines

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy | Military and Veterans Studies | Pain Management | Psychiatry and Psychology | Substance Abuse and Addiction

Abstract

Introduction: Smoking is associated with greater pain intensity and pain-related functional interference in people with chronic pain. Interventions that teach smokers with chronic pain how to apply adaptive coping strategies to promote both smoking cessation and pain self-management may be effective.

Methods: The Pain and Smoking Study (PASS) is a randomized clinical trial of a telephone-delivered, cognitive behavioral intervention among Veterans with chronic pain who smoke cigarettes. PASS participants are randomized to a standard telephone counseling intervention that includes five sessions focusing on motivational interviewing, craving and relapse management, rewards, and nicotine replacement therapy versus the same components with the addition of a cognitive behavioral intervention for pain management. Participants are assessed at baseline, 6, and 12 months. The primary outcome is smoking cessation.

Results: The 371 participants are 88% male, a median age of 60 years old (range 24-82), and smoke a median of 15 cigarettes per day. Participants are mainly white (61%), unemployed (70%), 33% had a high school degree or less, and report their overall health as "Fair" (40%) to "Poor" (11%). Overall, pain was moderately high (mean pain intensity in past week = 5.2 (Standard Deviation (SD) = 1.6) and mean pain interference = 5.5 (SD = 2.2)). Pain-related anxiety was high (mean = 47.0 (SD = 22.2)) and self-efficacy was low (mean = 3.8 (SD = 1.6)).

Conclusions: PASS utilizes an innovative smoking and pain intervention to promote smoking cessation among Veterans with chronic pain. Baseline characteristics reflect a socioeconomically vulnerable population with a high burden of mental health comorbidities.

Keywords

Cognitive behavioral treatment, Pain, Proactive recruitment, Smoking cessation, Tobacco

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This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

DOI of Published Version

10.1016/j.conctc.2021.100839

Source

Bastian LA, Driscoll M, DeRycke E, Edmond S, Mattocks K, Goulet J, Kerns RD, Lawless M, Quon C, Selander K, Snow J, Casares J, Lee M, Brandt C, Ditre J, Becker W. Pain and smoking study (PASS): A comparative effectiveness trial of smoking cessation counseling for veterans with chronic pain. Contemp Clin Trials Commun. 2021 Aug 20;23:100839. doi: 10.1016/j.conctc.2021.100839. PMID: 34485755; PMCID: PMC8391053. Link to article on publisher's site

Journal/Book/Conference Title

Contemporary clinical trials communications

Comments

Full author list omitted for brevity. For the full list of authors, see article.

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PubMed ID

34485755

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