Internet and Telephone Treatment for smoking cessation: mediators and moderators of short-term abstinence.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This study examined mediators and moderators of short-term treatment effectiveness from the iQUITT Study (Quit Using Internet and Telephone Treatment), a 3-arm randomized trial that compared an interactive smoking cessation Web site with an online social network (enhanced Internet) alone and in conjunction with proactive telephone counseling (enhanced Internet plus phone) to a static Internet comparison condition (basic Internet).

Methods

The analytic sample was N = 1,236 participants with complete 3-month data on all mediating variables. The primary outcome was 30-day point prevalence abstinence (ppa) at 3 months. Recognizing the importance of temporal precedence in mediation analyses, we also present findings for 6-month outcomes. Purported mediators were trea

SUBMITTER: Graham AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4342678 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature