Feasibility and Effectiveness of Recruiting Latinos in Decídetexto —A Smoking Cessation Clinical Trial from an Emergency Department Patient Registry

Evelyn Arana-Chicas, Francisco Cartujano-Barrera, Chinwe Ogedegbe, Edward F. Ellerbeck, Lisa Sanderson Cox, Kristi D. Graves, Francisco J. Diaz, Delwyn Catley and Ana Paula Cupertino
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Evelyn Arana-Chicas: Department of Surgery and Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
Francisco Cartujano-Barrera: Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
Chinwe Ogedegbe: Emergency Trauma Department, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ 07601, USA
Edward F. Ellerbeck: Department of Medicine and Public Health, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA
Lisa Sanderson Cox: Department of Medicine and Public Health, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA
Kristi D. Graves: Department of Oncology, School of Medicine, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20007, USA
Francisco J. Diaz: Department of Biostatistics and Data Science, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA
Delwyn Catley: Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Mercy Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA
Ana Paula Cupertino: Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14642, USA

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 20, 1-11

Abstract: There is an underrepresentation of Latinos in smoking cessation clinical trials. This study describes the feasibility and effectiveness of recruiting Latino smokers in the U.S. from an emergency department (ED) patient registry into a randomized smoking cessation clinical trial. Recruitment occurred from the Hackensack University Medical Center ED. Potential participants were contacted from a patient registry. The primary outcome was whether the participant responded to a call or text. Secondary outcomes included the best day of the week, week of the month, and time of day to obtain a response. Of the 1680 potential participants, 1132 were called (67.5%), while 548 (32.5%) were texted. For calls, response rate was higher compared to text (26.4% vs 6.4%; p < 0.001). More participants were interested in the study when contacted by calls compared to text (11.4% vs. 1.8%) and more participants were enrolled in the study when contacted by calls compared to text (1.1% vs. 0.2%). Regression models showed that ethnicity, age, time of day, and week of the month were not significantly associated with response rates. Recruitment of Latinos from an ED patient registry into a smoking cessation clinical trial is feasible using call and text, although enrollment may be low.

Keywords: inequality; tobacco use and nicotine dependence; disadvantaged groups and tobacco use (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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