TY  - JOUR
AU  - Abroms, Lorien C
AU  - Chiang, Shawn
AU  - Macherelli, Laura
AU  - Leavitt, Leah
AU  - Montgomery, Margaret
PY  - 2017
DA  - 2017/10/03
TI  - Assessing the National Cancer Institute’s SmokefreeMOM Text-Messaging Program for Pregnant Smokers: Pilot Randomized Trial
JO  - J Med Internet Res
SP  - e333
VL  - 19
IS  - 10
KW  - mHealth
KW  - text messaging
KW  - SMS
KW  - mobile phone
KW  - pregnant
KW  - smoking
KW  - quit
AB  - Background: Automated text messages on mobile phones have been found to be effective for smoking cessation in adult smokers. Objective: This study aims to test the acceptability and feasibility of SmokefreeMOM, a national smoking cessation text-messaging program for pregnant smokers. Methods: Participants were recruited from prenatal care and randomized to receive SmokefreeMOM (n=55), an automated smoking cessation text-messaging program, or a control text message quitline referral (n=44). Participants were surveyed by phone at baseline and at 1 month and 3 months after enrollment. Results: Results indicate that the SmokefreeMOM program was highly rated overall and rated more favorably than the control condition in its helpfulness at 3-month follow-up (P<.01) and in its frequency of messaging at both 1-month and 3-month follow-ups (P<.001, P<.01, respectively). Despite the presence of technical problems, the vast majority of intervention participants read all program messages, and few participants unsubscribed from the program. There were no significant differences between groups on the use of extra treatment resources or on smoking-related outcomes. However, at the 3-month follow-up, some outcomes favored the intervention group. Conclusions: SmokefreeMOM is acceptable for pregnant smokers. It is recommended that SmokefreeMOM be further refined and evaluated. Trial Registration: Clinicaltrials.gov NCT02412956; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02412956 (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/6tcmeRnbC) 
SN  - 1438-8871
UR  - http://www.jmir.org/2017/10/e333/
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2196/jmir.8411
UR  - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28974483
DO  - 10.2196/jmir.8411
ID  - info:doi/10.2196/jmir.8411
ER  -