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Evaluating a Telemedicine Smoking Cessation Program in Rural Primary Care Practices

NCT00843505 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 566

Last updated 2012-10-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

People who smoke cigarettes and live in rural areas may not have access to a wide variety of resources to help them stop smoking. This study will evaluate two smoking cessation programs-an Internet-based telemedicine program and a telephone-based quitline program-among rural residents.

Conditions

  • Smoking

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Telemedicine Smoking Cessation Program

Participants will receive four sessions of telemedicine smoking cessation counseling over an 8-week period. The telemedicine sessions will be delivered by two-way Webcams mounted on desktop computers in the doctors' offices.

BEHAVIORAL

Telephone Quitline Smoking Cessation Program

Participants will receive four sessions of smoking cessation counseling delivered by telephone in their homes over an 8-week period.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

    collaborator NIH

  • Kimber Richter, PhD, MPH, MA

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kimber P. Richter, PhD, MPH, MA · University of Kansas

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-06-30
Primary Completion
2012-04-30
Completion
2012-04-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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