In-Clinic vs. Online Recruitment of Women with a History of Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia or Cervical Cancer to a Smoking Cessation Trial: A Post-hoc Comparison of Participant Characteristics, Study Retention, and Cessation Outcomes.
Bethany Shorey FennellSarah R JonesSteven K SuttonCharles E HooglandCherell Cottrell-DanielsDavid W WetterYa-Chen Tina ShihVani N SimmonsYesenia P StephensDamon J VidrineJennifer I VidrinePublished in: Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (2024)
People with a history of CIN or cervical cancer recruited to a smoking cessation RCT online (vs. in-clinic) were more likely to have a diagnosis of CIN vs. cancer and were more educated and health literate. Participants recruited online were more likely to be retained in the study and there were no differences in smoking abstinence rates at 12-months. Incorporating online recruitment increased the reach of tobacco treatment efforts to a larger and more diverse sample. This could reduce the burden of tobacco-related disease, improve CIN and cancer treatment outcomes, and reduce secondary malignancies and morbidity among this underserved group.
Keyphrases
- smoking cessation
- replacement therapy
- health information
- social media
- papillary thyroid
- public health
- high grade
- healthcare
- primary care
- mental health
- randomized controlled trial
- risk factors
- skeletal muscle
- metabolic syndrome
- insulin resistance
- study protocol
- risk assessment
- human health
- lymph node metastasis
- drug induced