TY - JOUR
T1 - Feasibility and acceptability of a text messaging-based smoking cessation program in Ankara, Turkey
AU - Ybarra, Michele L.
AU - Holtrop, Jodi S.
AU - Baǧci Bosi, A. Tülay
AU - Bilir, Nazmi
AU - Korchmaros, Josephine D.
AU - Salih Emri, A. K.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by Award Number R01TW007918 from the Fogerty International Center. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the Fogerty International Center or the National Institutes of Health.
PY - 2013/8/1
Y1 - 2013/8/1
N2 - Data from high-income countries suggest that cell phone-based smoking cessation programs have the potential to affect cessation rates. There is a paucity of research, however, about the feasibility of cell phone-based smoking cessation programs in lower income countries that have higher smoking prevalence rates. A one-arm feasibility and acceptability pilot study of SMS Turkey, a text messaging-based smoking cessation program, was conducted in Ankara, the capital of Turkey. The authors recruited 75 daily smokers who were seriously thinking about quitting in the subsequent 30 days into the 6-week SMS Turkey program. Recruitment was completed in 4 months. Participant retention was high: Almost all (96%) completed the program, and 84% provided 12-week follow-up data. Most (89%) of the respondents who completed the 4-week follow-up measures (n = 38, 51%) said that the text messages were easy to understand and referred to what they were experiencing and feeling during the quitting process (78%). On the basis of intention to treat, 13% of participants (n = 10) reported, at 12-week follow-up, continuous abstinence since their quit date, confirmed by carbon monoxide readings. The cell phone text messaging-based smoking cessation intervention appears feasible and acceptable in Ankara, Turkey.
AB - Data from high-income countries suggest that cell phone-based smoking cessation programs have the potential to affect cessation rates. There is a paucity of research, however, about the feasibility of cell phone-based smoking cessation programs in lower income countries that have higher smoking prevalence rates. A one-arm feasibility and acceptability pilot study of SMS Turkey, a text messaging-based smoking cessation program, was conducted in Ankara, the capital of Turkey. The authors recruited 75 daily smokers who were seriously thinking about quitting in the subsequent 30 days into the 6-week SMS Turkey program. Recruitment was completed in 4 months. Participant retention was high: Almost all (96%) completed the program, and 84% provided 12-week follow-up data. Most (89%) of the respondents who completed the 4-week follow-up measures (n = 38, 51%) said that the text messages were easy to understand and referred to what they were experiencing and feeling during the quitting process (78%). On the basis of intention to treat, 13% of participants (n = 10) reported, at 12-week follow-up, continuous abstinence since their quit date, confirmed by carbon monoxide readings. The cell phone text messaging-based smoking cessation intervention appears feasible and acceptable in Ankara, Turkey.
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U2 - 10.1080/10810730.2012.757399
DO - 10.1080/10810730.2012.757399
M3 - Article
C2 - 23627304
AN - SCOPUS:84881376312
SN - 1081-0730
VL - 18
SP - 960
EP - 973
JO - Journal of Health Communication
JF - Journal of Health Communication
IS - 8
ER -