Are financial incentives effective and cost-effective in a ‘real life’ smoking cessation program for pregnant women? A phase IV ‘before and after’ study to provide evidence to secure long-term funding

Autor: Too, Elsie, Hastie, Claire E., McMeekin, Nicola, Lucas, Geraldine, Tappin, David M.
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
Zdroj: Journal of Womens Health and Reproductive Medicine
Popis: Objectives: The aim was to secure, long term, financial voucher incentives for pregnancy Stop Smoking Services. Objectives were integration without disruption, improved outcomes and cost-effectiveness assessment.\ud \ud Design: Prospective phase IV non-randomised time-matched ‘before and after’study. Setting: Maternity Public Health Programme in the most deprived United Kingdom city.\ud \ud Participants: Women who self-reported currentsmoking at first antenatal visit(a least 1 cigarette in last 7 days) and lived in National Health Service Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board area. 672 mostly white Caucasian women age ≥ 16 years were approached from Jan-Jun’18 pre-incentives and 739 from Jan-Jun’19 with incentives.\ud \ud Interventions: Specialist advisers telephoned inviting an ‘engagement’ face-to-face appointment when a quit date was set. Dispensed through local pharmacies, free Nicotine Replacement Therapy was offered with weekly telephone counselling-Withdrawal-orientated Therapy-for 12 weeks. At 4, 12 (plus 24 weeks incentives period only), follow-up included self-report and Carbon Monoxide (CO) breath test. Incentive cards were topped-up with £ 20 for‘engaging’, £ 40 at 4 and 12 weeks, and £ 60 at 24 weeksfor CO-verified (
Databáze: OpenAIRE