Development and Outcomes of a Text Messaging Tobacco Cessation Intervention With Urban Adolescents

作者：Mason Michael J^*; Campbell Leah; Way Thomas; Keyser Marcus Lori; Benotsch Eric; Mennis Jeremy; Zhang Jing; King Laura; May James; Stembridge Daniel R

来源：Substance Abuse, 2015, 36(4): 500-506.

DOI：10.1080/08897077.2014.987946

• Adolescent
• mobile health
• substance use
• text messaging
• tobacco

Background: This paper describes the development of an urban adolescent text messaging tobacco cessation intervention and preliminary findings from a randomized, controlled trial. The authors successfully adapted a face-to-face intervention into a personalized, automated, and interactive 5-day texting protocol. Methods: Respondent-driven sampling was used beginning at a community substance abuse facility. Seventy-two tobacco-dependent adolescents were randomized into an automated computer texting program that delivered either the experimental condition of 30 motivational interviewing- and social network counseling-based personalized messages or the attention control condition consisting of a texting program covering general (non-smoking-related) health habits. All teens were provided smartphones for the study and were assessed at baseline and at 1, 3, and 6 months post intervention. Analyses examined condition x time interactions. Results: At 6 months, the experimental condition decreased the number of cigarettes smoked in the past 30days, increased intentions not to smoke in the future, and increased peer social support compared with controls. Effect sizes were moderate to large. Conclusions: These findings are unique, as they target urban adolescents with a mobile health format and add to the growing literature on the efficacy of text-delivered interventions.

• 出版日期2015-10-2