Effect of Smartphone-Based Financial Incentives on Peripartum Smoking …
Kurti AN, Nighbor TD, Tang K, et al. Effect of Smartphone-Based Financial Incentives on Peripartum Smoking Among Pregnant Individuals: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 13 May 2022;5(5):e2211889.
“The most efficacious smoking cessation intervention for peripartum individuals is abstinence-contingent financial incentives (FIs), but there are challenges to scaling this intervention, including reaching individuals in geographically remote areas while retaining treatment efficacy…
This randomized clinical trial included 90 pregnant individuals aged 18 years or older who were recruited nationally via social media; obstetrical clinics; and Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) offices between April 2019 and May 2020. Participants were randomized to Best Practices (BP) alone or with FIs (BP with FI) …
Individuals assigned to BP with FI had nearly 4-fold greater odds of smoking abstinence across antepartum and postpartum assessments compared with individuals receiving BP (χ21 = 6.96; adjusted odds ratio, 3.82; 95% CI, 1.63-8.92; P = .008).”
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Stephen Hamann
