
pmid: 27810948
Purpose: To examine the impact of a nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) enhancement on quit outcomes. Design: Observational study using an intent to treat as treated analysis. Setting: Not available. Participants: A total of 4022 Idaho tobacco users aged ≥18 years who received services from the Idaho Tobacco Quitline or Idaho’s web-based program. Intervention: One-call phone or web-based participants were sent a single 4- or 8-week NRT shipment. Multiple-call participants were sent NRT in a single 4-week shipment or two 4-week shipments (second shipment sent only to those completing a second coaching call). Measures: North American Quitline Consortium recommended Minimal Data Set items collected at registration and follow-up. Thirty-day point prevalence quit rates were assessed at 7-month follow-up. Analysis: Multiple logistic regression models were used to examine the effects of program type and amount of NRT sent to participants while controlling for demographic and tobacco use characteristics. Results: Abstinence rates were significantly higher among 8-week versus 4-week NRT recipients (42.5% vs 33.3%). The effect was only significant between multiple-call program participants who received both 4-week NRT shipments versus only the first of 2 possible 4-week shipments (51.1% vs 31.1%). Costs per quit were lowest among web-based participants who received 4 weeks of NRT (US$183 per quit) and highest among multiple-call participants who received only 1 of 2 possible NRT shipments (US$557 per quit). Conclusion: To better balance cost with clinical effectiveness, funders of state-based tobacco cessation services may want to consider (1) allowing tobacco users to choose between phone- and web-based programs while (2) limiting longer NRT benefits only to multiple-call program participants.
Adult, Aged, 80 and over, Male, Internet, Idaho, Health Promotion, Tobacco Use Disorder, Middle Aged, Tobacco Use Cessation Devices, Hotlines, Humans, Female, Smoking Cessation, Aged, Program Evaluation, State Government
Adult, Aged, 80 and over, Male, Internet, Idaho, Health Promotion, Tobacco Use Disorder, Middle Aged, Tobacco Use Cessation Devices, Hotlines, Humans, Female, Smoking Cessation, Aged, Program Evaluation, State Government
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