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Grant Number: 5R01CA137616-04 Interpret this number
Primary Investigator: Borrelli, Belinda
Organization: Miriam Hospital
Project Title: Motivating Smokers with Mobility Impairments to Quit Smoking
Fiscal Year: 2012
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Abstract

Abstract People with physical disabilities experience similar health disparities as other disadvantaged groups (e.g., no insurance, decreased access to medical and preventive care, more co-morbidities) but significantly less attention is paid to their health promotion. While smoking cessation interventions have been developed for other disadvantaged groups, none exist for people with physical disabilities. People with physical disabilities (mobility impairments) who use assistance to ambulate have higher smoking rates (32.5%) than people who have a disability and do not need assistance (23%) and people who are not disabled (19.8%; Brawarsky et al. 2002). The aims of the current study are to: 1) develop a series of theory-based intervention DVDs focused on motivating smoking cessation among people with mobility impairments (i.e., chronically use some type of assistance to walk such as walker, cane, wheelchair, braces, etc) and 2) test the efficacy of the Intervention DVDs vs. Print-based Standard Care among 560 smokers with mobility impairments in a randomized trial. The materials in both groups will be mailed on a monthly basis for four months, and are organized in separate sections according to readiness to quit. Participants in both groups will receive a) nicotine patches at no cost if they are ready to quit and b) brief phone calls (~5 minutes) between mailings to assess and encourage viewing the materials. We hypothesize that smokers who are randomized to receive the Intervention DVDs will be significantly more likely to achieve 7-day and 30-day point-prevalence abstinence at 1, 6, and 12- month follow-ups vs. those who receive Print-based Standard Care. The Intervention DVDs will be based on Behavioral Activation Theory, and address specific barriers to quitting in this population (increased stress, decreased positive affect, increased depressed mood, activity restriction, and self-efficacy). We hypothesize that the intervention will impact these mediators directly, as well as indirectly through Behavioral Activation (goal setting and pleasant events). Our series of preliminary studies support the use of these mediators for people with mobility impairments and the use of DVDs as an acceptable mode of intervention, given the economic and mobility limitations of this population. If effective, our DVD intervention could have a high level of public health and clinical significance, as it could be easily disseminated at low cost through national disability-related organizations, networks of independent living centers, or physician offices, and substantially improve the health and quality of life for people with physical disabilities. This study is innovative because no studies have targeted this population, it applies Behavioral Activation Theory to smoking cessation, and it examines relatively novel mediators in the field of smoking (e.g., positive affect, behavioral activation).

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Publications

Methods Used to Quit Smoking by People With Physical Disabilities.
Authors: Borrelli B, Busch AM, Trotter DR
Source: Rehabil Psychol, 2013 Feb 25;null, p. null.
EPub date: 2013 Feb 25.
PMID: 23437992
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Grant Numbers:
NCI NIH HHS - R01 CA137616

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Integrating asthma education and smoking cessation for parents: financial return on investment.
Authors: McQuaid EL, Garro A, Seifer R, Hammond SK, Borrelli B
Source: Pediatr Pulmonol, 2012 Oct;47(10), p. 950-5.
EPub date: 2012 Mar 29.
PMID: 22467563
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Grant Numbers:
NCI NIH HHS - R01 CA137616 NHLBI NIH HHS - R01 HL62165 NHLBI NIH HHS - R01 HL062165-01
NHLBI NIH HHS - R01 HL062165 NICHD NIH HHS - K24 HD058794 NICHD NIH HHS - K24 HD058794-02

MeSH Terms:
United States Severity of Illness Index Humans
Anti-Asthmatic Agents Asthma Medicaid
Child Emergency Service, Hospital Health Education
Ambulatory Care Hospitalization Smoking Cessation
Adult Parents Adolescent
Female Male

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The Relationship between Smoking and Depression Post-Acute Coronary Syndrome.
Authors: Busch AM, Borrelli B, Leventhal AM
Source: Curr Cardiovasc Risk Rep, 2012 Feb 1;5(6), p. 510-518.
PMID: 22384285
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Grant Numbers:
NCI NIH HHS - R01 CA137616 NHLBI NIH HHS - K23 HL107391 NIDA NIH HHS - K08 DA025041-02
NIDA NIH HHS - R01 DA026831-02 NCI NIH HHS - R01 CA137616-02 NHLBI NIH HHS - K23 HL107391-01

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Valued life activities and readiness to quit smoking among mobility-impaired smokers.
Authors: Busch AM, Borrelli B
Source: Health Psychol, 2012 Jan;31(1), p. 122-5.
EPub date: 2011 Aug 29.
PMID: 21875204
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Grant Numbers:
NCI NIH HHS - R01 CA137616 NCI NIH HHS - R01 CA137616-01A1 NCI NIH HHS - R01 CA137616-04

MeSH Terms:
Humans Activities of Daily Living Quality of Life
Personal Satisfaction Life Style Smoking
Behavior Smoking Cessation Adult
Data Collection Middle Aged Self Efficacy
Disabled Persons Female Male

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Utilizing reliable and clinically significant change criteria to assess for the development of depression during smoking cessation treatment: the importance of tracking idiographic change.
Authors: Busch AM, Wagener TL, Gregor KL, Ring KT, Borrelli B
Source: Addict Behav, 2011 Dec;36(12), p. 1228-32.
EPub date: 2011 Jul 30.
PMID: 21872401
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Grant Numbers:
NCI NIH HHS - R01 CA137616 NHLBI NIH HHS - R01 HL-062165 NHLBI NIH HHS - R01 HL062165-01
NHLBI NIH HHS - R01 HL062165

MeSH Terms:
Smoking Self Report Depression
Reproducibility of Results Humans Smoking Cessation
Adult Depressive Disorder, Major Time Factors
Psychometrics Male Female

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Risk perception and smoking behavior in medically ill smokers: a prospective study.
Authors: Borrelli B, Hayes RB, Dunsiger S, Fava JL
Source: Addiction, 2010 Jun;105(6), p. 1100-8.
EPub date: 2010 Mar 22.
PMID: 20331572
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Grant Numbers:
NCI NIH HHS - R01 CA137616 NCI NIH HHS - R01 CA074553 NCI NIH HHS - R01 CA074553-04
NCI NIH HHS - R01 CA74553

MeSH Terms:
United States Age Factors Risk-Taking
Humans Health Status Counseling
Smoking Prospective Studies Community Health Nursing
Smoking Cessation Adult Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Middle Aged Female Male

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Is provider training effective? Changes in attitudes towards smoking cessation counseling and counseling behaviors of home health care nurses.
Authors: Borrelli B, Lee C, Novak S
Source: Prev Med, 2008 Apr;46(4), p. 358-63.
EPub date: 2007 Sep 11.
PMID: 17950452
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Grant Numbers:
NCI NIH HHS - R01 CA137616 NCI NIH HHS - R01 CA074553 NCI NIH HHS - R01 CA 7455301
NCI NIH HHS - R01 CA074553-03

MeSH Terms:
Attitude of Health Personnel Intervention Studies Motivation
Rhode Island Humans Home Care Services
Linear Models Counseling Prospective Studies
Community Health Nursing Smoking Cessation Adult
Self Efficacy Middle Aged Program Evaluation

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