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NCT Number: NCT01820533

Survey of Smokers Treated in the Emergency Department (ED) on Ownership and Usage of Cell Phones

To study ownership and use of cell phones in low-income smokers. This may help us better understand the impact of cell phone ownership plans on low income smokers' access to quitlines. Use of quitlines may be impeded by limited access to landline phones and limited airtime minutes on cell phones.

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Key information

Conditions

Smoking Behavior

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut, 06510, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Age 18 or over
  • speak and understand English
  • willing and able to give informed consent
  • have smoked more than 100 cigarettes lifetime
  • are currently a daily or some day smoker

Exclusion criteria

  • too ill or unable to consent
  • not interested in participation
  • actively psychotic or mentally ill and unable to give consent
  • in police custody
  • resides in an extended care facility.

Treatment and study plan

Cell Phone Survey

Other

Eight item survey for smokers being treated in the YNHH Emergency Dept. The survey asks about the type of cell phone(s) subjects have, how much they pay for cell service monthly, housing status, and if they receive any benefit that would qualify them for the Lifeline program.

Primary outcomes

  1. Proportion of participants with lifeline wireless phones

    Time frame: baseline

    The proportion of participants who have lifeline wireless phones (AKA "Medicaid phones").

  2. proportion of participants with limited wireless minutes

    Time frame: baseline

    The proportion of participants with limited wireless minutes each month, stratified by insurance.

  3. proportion of participants with unlimited wireless minutes

    Time frame: baseline

    The proportion of participants with unlimited wireless minutes each month, stratified by insurance status.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Yale University

Other

Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Registry information

Official study title

Survey of Smokers Treated in the ED on Ownership and Usage of Cell Phones

Important dates

Study start
2013
Primary completion
2013
Study completion
2013
First posted
Mar 28, 2013
Registry last updated
Aug 22, 2014

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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