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Adapting a Functional Assessment of Cigarette Smoking for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

Behavior analysis in practice
March 1, 2025
Sean D Regnier et al. (9 authors)
Journal ArticleHuman Study
Study Details

Study Goal

The researchers aimed to pilot the FASTR tool with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) to identify necessary modifications for effective smoking cessation treatment personalization.

Results Summary

The study found that the most frequently endorsed functions of smoking were Automatic Negative (87.5% of participants) and Social Negative (75% of participants). Participants recommended modifications like bolding key statement parts to improve inclusivity for people with IDD.

Population

People with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) (n = 8).

Effective Dosage

Not specified

Duration

1-hour interviews

Interactions

None mentioned

Extracted Claims (3)
InterventionDirectionEndpointPopulationDosageImpactClaim #
Functional Assessment for Smoking Treatment Recommendations (FASTR)
increase
current treatments
people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD)
-
predicted to improve
#1
Functional Assessment for Smoking Treatment Recommendations (FASTR)
increase
Automatic Negative function
participants (n = 8)
87.5% participants
was endorsed
#2
Functional Assessment for Smoking Treatment Recommendations (FASTR)
increase
Social Negative function
participants (n = 8)
75% of participants
was endorsed
#3
Abstract

There is a concerning lack of published smoking cessation research on people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). A Functional Assessment for Smoking Treatment Recommendations (FASTR) was recently developed to help personalize patients' tobacco treatment. Adapting this tool to effectively identify putative environmental variables that maintain smoking for people with IDD is predicted to improve current treatments. The purpose of this study was to pilot the FASTR with people with IDD to understand modifications necessary to implement it in this population. During 1-hour interviews participants (n = 8) described the extent they agreed with each FASTR statement using a Likert scale, corresponding to one of five potential functions of smoking (i.e., Automatic Positive, Automatic Negative, Social Positive, Social Negative, and Antecedent). Participants gave input on potential modifications to make the assessment more inclusive for people with IDD. A quantitative approach was used to pilot the FASTR and participant narratives were used to understand difficulties and potential modifications. For each participant a function was endorsed if the average response to questions corresponding to that function was greater than 3 (neutral) or over 50% "yes" responses. The two most frequently endorsed functions were Automatic Negative (87.5% participants) and Social Negative (75% of participants). Participants recommended making the focus of each statement larger and in bold so respondents can understand the most important part of the statement. The FASTR was modified based on their feedback and will be distributed to a larger sample of people with IDD for further validation.

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Quality Scores
SafetyNot Assessed
Efficacy65/10
Quality70/10
Research Impact Scores
APT Score0.05
Weight Score2.40
Normalized Score0.60
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