Promoting Tobacco Control and Smoking Cessation in Workplaces [Phase I]
NCT ID: NCT02179424
Last Updated: 2016-12-23
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COMPLETED
NA
642 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2012-12-31
2015-07-31
Brief Summary
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This study aims to:
1. examine the employers' knowledge, attitudes and practices in promoting smoking cessation in workplace.
2. test the effectiveness of a brief and an intensive smoking cessation interventions to help workers stop smoking
In Phase I of this study, a large scale cross-sectional survey will be conducted to 3000 corporate companies in Hong Kong. The questionnaire will examine the employers' knowledge, attitudes and practices in promoting smoking cessation in the workplaces.
In Phase II, a longitudinal study will be conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of a smoking cessation intervention offered by the Department of Psychology, the University of Hong Kong. Smokers from the participating companies will be interviewed before the intervention at baseline, immediately after the intervention, and at 1-, 4-, 12-, 26- and 52-week post-intervention follow-ups.
The follow-up assessments will consist of a biochemical validation for the self-reported quitters who report quitting in the past 7 days via exhaled carbon monoxide and saliva cotinine concentration tests. Participants' smoking behaviour, knowledge on smoking and satisfaction of the smoking cessation services will also be evaluated.
It is hypothesized that the smoking cessation intervention helps workers stop smoking. Employers' knowledge and attitudes are positively associated with the practices in promoting smoking cessation in workplace.
Process evaluation: Qualitative interviews, including in-depth interviews and/or focus group will be conducted after 6-month follow-up.
Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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NON_RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
NONE
Study Groups
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Health talk + Workshop + Booklet + SMS
Health talk + workshop (Motivational intervention) + booklet + Short Message Service (SMS)
Workshop
Intensive psychological intervention included motivation of quitting enhancement, stress management and smoking triggers, craving and relapse are used to provide smoking cessation intervention
Face-to-face counseling + Booklet + SMS
Face to Face counseling (Motivational intervention) + Booklet + SMS
Face-to-face counseling
Use motivational interview strategies through face-to-face counseling to provide smoking cessation intervention
Booklet
A 26-page booklet included information about smoking and diseases, benefits of quitting smoking, methods to quit smoking, how to handle withdrawal symptoms, stress management, declaration of quitting smoking, decisional balance of smoking or quitting.
SMS
Fifteen SMS were sent to subjects included welcome messages, risk of smoking, correction of myths about smoking or quitting, quitting tips, benefits of quitting, encouragement of quitting
Phone counseling + Health talk + Booklet + SMS
Phone counseling (Motivational intervention) + Health talk + booklet + SMS
Phone counseling
Use motivational interview strategies through phone counseling to provide smoking cessation intervention.
Health talk
Health talk provided information about hazards of tobacco (active smoking, second- and third-hand smoke), benefits of quitting smoking and methods to quit smoking.
Booklet
A 26-page booklet included information about smoking and diseases, benefits of quitting smoking, methods to quit smoking, how to handle withdrawal symptoms, stress management, declaration of quitting smoking, decisional balance of smoking or quitting.
SMS
Fifteen SMS were sent to subjects included welcome messages, risk of smoking, correction of myths about smoking or quitting, quitting tips, benefits of quitting, encouragement of quitting
Phone counseling + Booklet + SMS
Phone counseling (Motivational intervention) + booklet + SMS
Phone counseling
Use motivational interview strategies through phone counseling to provide smoking cessation intervention.
Booklet
A 26-page booklet included information about smoking and diseases, benefits of quitting smoking, methods to quit smoking, how to handle withdrawal symptoms, stress management, declaration of quitting smoking, decisional balance of smoking or quitting.
SMS
Fifteen SMS were sent to subjects included welcome messages, risk of smoking, correction of myths about smoking or quitting, quitting tips, benefits of quitting, encouragement of quitting
Interventions
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Workshop
Intensive psychological intervention included motivation of quitting enhancement, stress management and smoking triggers, craving and relapse are used to provide smoking cessation intervention
Face-to-face counseling
Use motivational interview strategies through face-to-face counseling to provide smoking cessation intervention
Phone counseling
Use motivational interview strategies through phone counseling to provide smoking cessation intervention.
Health talk
Health talk provided information about hazards of tobacco (active smoking, second- and third-hand smoke), benefits of quitting smoking and methods to quit smoking.
Booklet
A 26-page booklet included information about smoking and diseases, benefits of quitting smoking, methods to quit smoking, how to handle withdrawal symptoms, stress management, declaration of quitting smoking, decisional balance of smoking or quitting.
SMS
Fifteen SMS were sent to subjects included welcome messages, risk of smoking, correction of myths about smoking or quitting, quitting tips, benefits of quitting, encouragement of quitting
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Cantonese speaker and able to read in Chinese characters
* Smoke at least one cigarette per day
* Stay at Hong Kong during the intervention and follow-up periods (12 months)
Exclusion Criteria
* Smokers who are currently following other smoking cessation programme(s)
* Smokers with diagnosed psychiatric illnesses
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Lok Sin Tong Benevolent Society, Kowloon
OTHER
The University of Hong Kong
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Professor Lam Tai-Hing
Chair Professor and Director, School of Public Health
Principal Investigators
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Tai Hing Lam, MD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
The University of Hong Kong
Locations
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2/F, 61 Lung Kong Rd, Kowloon City, Lok Sin Tong Benevolent Society
Hong Kong, , China
Countries
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References
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Wang MP, Li WHC, Suen YN, Cheung KC, Lau OS, Lam TH, Chan SSC. Association between employer's knowledge and attitude towards smoking cessation and voluntary promotion in workplace: a survey study. Tob Induc Dis. 2017 Nov 14;15:44. doi: 10.1186/s12971-017-0149-4. eCollection 2017.
Wang MP, Suen YN, Li WHC, Lau OS, Lam TH, Chan SSC. Proactive outreach smoking cessation program for Chinese employees in China. Arch Environ Occup Health. 2018 Mar 4;73(2):67-78. doi: 10.1080/19338244.2017.1308309. Epub 2017 Apr 21.
Other Identifiers
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LSTWPLACE
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id