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. 2015 Feb 7;15:109. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-1484-0

Table 3.

Helping HAND trial measures and schedule of administration

Baseline Outcomes
Measure 1 Month 3 Month 6 Month 12 Month
Demographic factors
Age, sex, race/ethnicity, educational attainment, employment status, martial/partner status, type of housing X
Smoking history
Number of cigarettes per day, use of other tobacco products, use of electronic-cigarette, number of years smoking, prior quit attempt, smoker in household, home smoking policy X
Nicotine dependence (time to first cigarette) X
Previous cessation medication use X
Importance in ability to quit X
Confidence in ability to quit/stay quit X X X X
Tobacco abstinence status–self-report
Cigarette smoking status X X X X X 1
Non-cigarette tobacco use status X X X X X 1
Electronic-cigarette use X X X X X 1
Tobacco abstinence status–biochemical validation
Saliva cotinine or expired aired CO X
Quit attempt (>24 hours) X X
Hospital admission or emergency room visit X X X
Quality of life (EQ-5D) X X
Anxiety and depression symptoms (PHQ-4) X X X X
Alcohol use (AUDIT-C) X X
Other non-tobacco substance use X
Satisfaction with IVR X X
Satisfaction with Quit Coach X X
Smoking during index hospital stay X
Smoking cessation medication used after discharge X X X
Smoking cessation counseling used after discharge X X X
Other smoking cessation programs/resources used X X X

Items in bold italics were only in Helping HAND 2.

All other measures were used in both Helping HAND 1 and 2.

1Asked only of participants who self reported continuous abstinence at 6 month follow-up.