The impact of program funded nrt on quit rates: arizona’s cessation service experience
The Impact of Program Funded NRT on Quit Rates: Arizona’s Cessation Service Experience
Best of the West ConferenceSeptember, 2007
EVALUATION, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT UNIT Funded by the Arizona Department of Health Services Tobacco Cessation Program Evaluation: The Effect of Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT+)
z Opportunity to address effectiveness in “real
z Versus “efficacy” in clinical trials
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Background: Arizona Department of Health Services Tobacco Education and Prevention Program (ADHS TEPP)
z Eligibility criteria: at least 18 years of age, enrolled
in cessation service, and no contraindications
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Purpose of this Study
z Impact of NRT+ use on intensive cessation
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z Client intake information- cross-sectional individual
data, including demographics and tobacco use
z NRT+ distribution system - longitudinal individual
z Uncertain about the use of redeemed NRT+
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Methods: Statistics
z Descriptive statistics for utilization of ADHS
z Quit rates: clients with vs. without NRT+
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Results: Percent of Clients Who Redeemed Vouchers 80 70 60 50
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Results: NRT Redemption and Demographics Demographics % NRT+ redemption
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Results: Redemption of NRT Vouchers
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Results: NRT+ by ASHLine and LP
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Results: Quit rate and NRT+
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Results: Quit Rate by NRT+ Type: 30-day quit rate at 6 month without NRT+ 30-day quit rate at 6 month with patch only 30-day quit rate at 6 month with other NRT+
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Conclusions
z About 40% of cessation clients had NRT+ transaction
z Patches were the most popular type of NRT+ redeemed,
and quit rates for those with patch transaction were similar with other type of NRT+
z NRT+ redemption was associated with quit rates
z Further study should examine the relationship between
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Methodology Challenges
Difference in program protocols among counties
Analysis strategies: look into individual characteristics and longitudinal data carefully
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The Impact of Program Funded NRT on 
Tobacco Cessation Program Evaluation: The 
Background: Arizona Department of Health Services 
Purpose of this Study
z Client intake information- cross-sectional individual
data, including demographics and tobacco use
z NRT+ distribution system - longitudinal individual
z Uncertain about the use of redeemed NRT+
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Methods: Statistics
Results: Percent of Clients Who Redeemed Vouchers
Results: NRT Redemption and Demographics
Results: Redemption of NRT Vouchers
Results: NRT+ by ASHLine and LP
Results: Quit rate and NRT+ 
Results: Quit Rate by NRT+ Type: 
Conclusions
Methodology Challenges