Enhancing NRT adherence
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Developing content for a nicotine replacement therapy adherence intervention (NAI): qualitative research and consensus-building exercise
IRAS ID
236049
Contact name
Tim Coleman
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Nottingham
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 0 months, 1 days
Research summary
The study comprises four components:
1. One-to-one telephone or face-to-face interviews with pregnant smokers who have been offered Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) to help them stop smoking
2. ‘Video/audio-stimulated’, face-to-face qualitative interviews with stop smoking practitioners.
3. 2 focus groups with stop smoking practitioners who primarily support pregnant smokers in quit attempts.
4. An expert group meeting to build consensus amongst smoking cessation specialists regarding messages to be used in an NRT adherence-enhancing intervention.Through these components we aim to understand pregnant smokers’ concerns regarding use of NRT in pregnancy as well as their reasons for believing that NRT is worth using in pregnancy (‘necessity beliefs’).
In addition, we will gain a greater understanding of the techniques used by stop smoking practitioners for addressing smokers’ concerns or enhancing their ‘necessity beliefs’ and the reasons given for using these particular techniques.This new knowledge, combined with expert consensus on how pregnant smokers should use NRT to maximise effectiveness whilst remaining safer than smoking, will allow us to develop content (messages) for support strategies or behaviour change techniques which encourage pregnant smokers to use NRT in cessation attempts.
The proposed new content or techniques will then be presented to pregnant women and stop smoking practitioners to understand potential barriers against and facilitators for integrating this content into the advice and routinely delivered behavioural support for pregnant smokers.
REC name
East Midlands - Nottingham 1 Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
18/EM/0017
Date of REC Opinion
22 Jan 2018
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion