Mindfulness and Mobile Health for Quitting Smoking: A Qualitative Study Among Predominantly African American Adults with Low Socioeconomic Status.
Cherell Cottrell-Daniels, Dina M Jones, Sharrill A Bell, Maitreyi Bandlamudi, Claire A Spears
American Journal of Qualitative Research 2022 DOI: 10.29333/ajqr/11427 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Qualitative study Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 32 |
| Population | Adult cigarette smokers, predominantly low-income African American adults (90.6% African American, 62.6% with annual income under $30,000, mean age 45.1 years) |
| Intervention | Mindfulness-Based Addiction Treatment |
| Duration | 8 weekly group sessions |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Keywords | Smoking cessation Qualitative research African americans Mobile health technology |
| Key findings | Participants reported helpful aspects of iQuit Mindfully including social support, mindfulness content, and personalization, and disliked aspects including too many or repetitive messages; they suggested changes to message number and timing and more personalization. The authors organize these themes into a conceptual model of factors related to engagement with the mHealth program. |
Abstract
Low-income and African American adults experience severe tobacco-related health disparities. Mindfulness-based interventions show promise for promoting smoking cessation, but most mindfulness research has focused on higher income, Caucasian samples. "iQuit Mindfully" is a personalized, interactive text messaging program that teaches mindfulness for smoking cessation. This qualitative study sought feedback from predominantly low-income African American smokers, to improve the intervention for this priority population. After receiving 8 weekly group sessions of Mindfulness-Based Addiction Treatment for smoking cessation and between-session iQuit Mindfully text messages, participants (N=32) completed semi-structured interviews. Participants were adult cigarette smokers (90.6% African American, 62.6% annual income <$30,000, mean age 45.1 [±12.9]). Interviews inquired about participants' experiences with and suggestions for improving iQuit Mindfully, including message content, number, and timing. Interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim, and coded by a team of 5 coders in NVivo. The coding manual was developed based on response categories from the interview guide and themes emerging from the data. Themes were organized into a conceptual model of factors related to engagement with the mHealth program. Response categories included helpful aspects (e.g., themes of social support, mindfulness, personalization); unhelpful/disliked aspects (e.g., too many/repetitive messages); links between in-person sessions and texts; and suggestions (e.g., changes to number/timing and more personalization). Findings provide insight into participants' day-to-day experiences with iQuit Mindfully and suggest ways to improve mHealth programs among low-income and African American adults.
Comparable studies
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