Comparison of reactive and non-reactive measures of smoking cessation at follow-up.
Subjects who had completed a smoking cessation program were contacted at 3- and 4-month follow-up to assess self-reported frequency of daily cigarette smoking. Subjects were randomly assigned to a reactive or non-reactive condition of telephone contact in obtaining the self-report. In the reactive condition, the telephone caller seeking self-report identified herself as an assistant in the original smoking cessation treatment program. In the non-reactive condition the telephone caller identified herself as an employee of a firm conducting a market research survey of the use of various consumer products. There were no statistically significant differences between the conditions in either self-report of abstinence or absolute frequency of daily cigarette consumption.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012107:Research Design; D012650:Self Disclosure; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000628:therapy*; D014342:Truth Disclosure