The association between treatment adherence to nicotine patches and smoking cessation in pregnancy

Background: In non-pregnant “quitters,” adherence to nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) increases smoking cessation. We investigated relationships between adherence to placebo or NRT patches and cessation in pregnancy, including an assessment of reverse causation and whether any adherence: cessation...

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Main Authors: Vaz, Luis R., Aveyard, Paul, Cooper, Sue, Leonardi-Bee, Jo, Coleman, Tim
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Published: 2016
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/36379/
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author Vaz, Luis R.
Aveyard, Paul
Cooper, Sue
Leonardi-Bee, Jo
Coleman, Tim
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Aveyard, Paul
Cooper, Sue
Leonardi-Bee, Jo
Coleman, Tim
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description Background: In non-pregnant “quitters,” adherence to nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) increases smoking cessation. We investigated relationships between adherence to placebo or NRT patches and cessation in pregnancy, including an assessment of reverse causation and whether any adherence: cessation relationship is moderated when using nicotine or placebo patches. Methods: Using data from 1050 pregnant trial participants, regression models investigated associations between maternal characteristics, adherence and smoking cessation. Results: Adherence during the first month was associated with lower baseline cotinine concentrations (β −0.08, 95% confidence interval [CI] −0.15 to −0.01) and randomization to NRT (β 2.59, 95%CI 1.50 to 3.68). Adherence during both treatment months was associated with being randomized to NRT (β 0.51, 95% CI 0.29 to 0.72) and inversely associated with higher nicotine dependence. Adherence with either NRT or placebo was associated with cessation at 1 month (odds ratio [OR] 1.11, 95% CI 1.08 to 1.13) and delivery (OR 1.06, 95% CI 1.03 to 1.09), but no such association was observed in the subgroup where reverse causation was not possible. Amongst all women, greater adherence to nicotine patches was associated with increased cessation (OR 2.47, 95% CI 1.32 to 4.63) but greater adherence to placebo was not (OR 0.98, 95% CI: 0.44 to 2.18). Conclusion: Women who were more adherent to NRT were more likely to achieve abstinence; more nicotine dependent women probably showed lower adherence to NRT because they relapsed to smoking more quickly. The interaction between nicotine-containing patches and adherence for cessation suggests that the association between adherence with nicotine patches and cessation may be partly causal.
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spelling nottingham-363792020-05-04T18:03:04Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/36379/ The association between treatment adherence to nicotine patches and smoking cessation in pregnancy Vaz, Luis R. Aveyard, Paul Cooper, Sue Leonardi-Bee, Jo Coleman, Tim Background: In non-pregnant “quitters,” adherence to nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) increases smoking cessation. We investigated relationships between adherence to placebo or NRT patches and cessation in pregnancy, including an assessment of reverse causation and whether any adherence: cessation relationship is moderated when using nicotine or placebo patches. Methods: Using data from 1050 pregnant trial participants, regression models investigated associations between maternal characteristics, adherence and smoking cessation. Results: Adherence during the first month was associated with lower baseline cotinine concentrations (β −0.08, 95% confidence interval [CI] −0.15 to −0.01) and randomization to NRT (β 2.59, 95%CI 1.50 to 3.68). Adherence during both treatment months was associated with being randomized to NRT (β 0.51, 95% CI 0.29 to 0.72) and inversely associated with higher nicotine dependence. Adherence with either NRT or placebo was associated with cessation at 1 month (odds ratio [OR] 1.11, 95% CI 1.08 to 1.13) and delivery (OR 1.06, 95% CI 1.03 to 1.09), but no such association was observed in the subgroup where reverse causation was not possible. Amongst all women, greater adherence to nicotine patches was associated with increased cessation (OR 2.47, 95% CI 1.32 to 4.63) but greater adherence to placebo was not (OR 0.98, 95% CI: 0.44 to 2.18). Conclusion: Women who were more adherent to NRT were more likely to achieve abstinence; more nicotine dependent women probably showed lower adherence to NRT because they relapsed to smoking more quickly. The interaction between nicotine-containing patches and adherence for cessation suggests that the association between adherence with nicotine patches and cessation may be partly causal. 2016-07-07 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed Vaz, Luis R., Aveyard, Paul, Cooper, Sue, Leonardi-Bee, Jo and Coleman, Tim (2016) The association between treatment adherence to nicotine patches and smoking cessation in pregnancy. In: SAPC Annual Conference 2016, 6th-8th July 2016, Dublin, Ireland.
spellingShingle Vaz, Luis R.
Aveyard, Paul
Cooper, Sue
Leonardi-Bee, Jo
Coleman, Tim
The association between treatment adherence to nicotine patches and smoking cessation in pregnancy
title The association between treatment adherence to nicotine patches and smoking cessation in pregnancy
title_full The association between treatment adherence to nicotine patches and smoking cessation in pregnancy
title_fullStr The association between treatment adherence to nicotine patches and smoking cessation in pregnancy
title_full_unstemmed The association between treatment adherence to nicotine patches and smoking cessation in pregnancy
title_short The association between treatment adherence to nicotine patches and smoking cessation in pregnancy
title_sort association between treatment adherence to nicotine patches and smoking cessation in pregnancy
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/36379/