MedTrace Logo

Proactive Outreach for Smokers in VA Mental Health

NCT01737281 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1938

Last updated 2019-03-26

Study results available
· View outcomes & findings →

Summary

Veterans with a mental health diagnosis have higher a prevalence of smoking and higher rates of smoking-related morbidities compared to the general Veteran population. Smoking cessation treatment delivery in the VA typically depends on a visit from a health care provider. In this study, investigators will use information within the electronic medical record to identify all smokers with a mental health diagnosis at a VA health care facility and proactively reach out to enroll them in an intensive tobacco cessation treatment program. This approach could be generalized to other behaviors and provides a novel method to improve the health of an entire population of patients.

Conditions

  • Smoking

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Proactive outreach

Proactive contact (mail and phone) offering smoking cessation medications and telephone counseling.

BEHAVIORAL

Usual care

Usual smoking cessation care from VA clinical staff.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • VA Office of Research and Development

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Scott E Sherman, MD MPH · Manhattan Campus of the VA NY Harbor Healthcare System, New York, NY

  • Steven S. Fu, MD MSCE · Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-07-01
Primary Completion
2017-06-30
Completion
2018-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

More Related Trials

Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

View NCT01737281 on ClinicalTrials.gov