Promoting Smoking Cessation in the Community Via QTW 2015
NCT ID: NCT02539875
Last Updated: 2017-10-26
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
1306 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2015-06-01
2017-04-30
Brief Summary
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The Quit and Win programme provides an opportunity to reach and encourage a large group of smokers to make quit attempt and maintain abstinence. The Quit and Win model posits that smokers participating in the contest will have higher motivation to quit with incentives and better social support (Cahill \& Perera, 2011). Studies have found that such quitting contests or incentive programs appeared to reach a large number of smokers and demonstrated a significantly higher quit rate for the quit and win group than for the control group (Cahill \& Perera, 2008).
Smoking cessation services in Hong Kong are under-used with more than half (60.9%) adult daily smokers who had never used smoking cessation services (Census and Statistics Department, 2013). Among these smokers only 9.6% were willing to use the services. Existing services mostly require self-initiation to seek the services but smokers general lack the will power of initiation. Active referral will help overcome the barriers of self-initiation. There is preliminary evidence that active referral of smokers to smoking cessation hotline services may increase likelihood of smoking abstinence at 12-month follow-up compared with no active referrals (Borland et al., 2008). A recent study has also reported that individuals who used the community-based referral were also more likely to quit than those who did not (43.6% vs 15.3%, P\<0.001) (Haas et al., 2015).
Therefore, the present study will examine (1) effectiveness of the active referral and AWARD approaches, (2) explore the use of CBPR model to build capacity and to engage community partners in taking on this important public health issue for sustainability in the community. In addition, process evaluation will be conducted to assess the effectiveness of the recruitment activity and how it is linked with the overall program outcomes.
Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
SINGLE
Study Groups
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AWARD, Brief leaflet
AWARD will be delivered to smokers onsite and this includes: Ask about smoking history, Warn about the high risk, Advise to quit as soon as possible and not later than a quit date (which will qualify them for the QTW prizes), Refer smokers to smoking cessation services, and Do it again: to repeat the intervention. Brief innovative leaflet on health warning and smoking cessation. A 2-side color printed A4 leaflet will be designed to systematically cover the most important messages to motivate smoking cessation.
AWARD and brief leaflet/ Referral leaflet and active referral/ Smoking cessation booklet and general advices
Use AWARD and brief leaflet/ Referral leaflet and active referral/ Smoking cessation booklet and general advices interventions to achieve smoking abstinence
Smoking cessation booklet, general advices
Participants will receive minimal intervention, including: (1) the 12-page smoking cessation booklet (provided by COSH); (2) very brief, minimal and general smoking cessation advice include: "Please quit smoking for improving health and save money", "Please refer to the booklet for the details about smoking cessation" and "Please call us if you have any enquiry".
AWARD and brief leaflet/ Referral leaflet and active referral/ Smoking cessation booklet and general advices
Use AWARD and brief leaflet/ Referral leaflet and active referral/ Smoking cessation booklet and general advices interventions to achieve smoking abstinence
AWARD, Brief leaflet, Referral leaflet, active referral
AWARD will be delivered to smokers onsite and this includes: Ask about smoking history, Warn about the high risk, Advise to quit as soon as possible and not later than a quit date (which will qualify them for the QTW prizes), Refer smokers to smoking cessation services, and Do it again: to repeat the intervention. Brief innovative leaflet on health warning and smoking cessation. A 2-side color printed A4 leaflet will be designed to systematically cover the most important messages to motivate smoking cessation. A 2-side color printed A4 referral leaflet will be used for motivate and assist the smokers to use the smoking cessation services. the smokers will be active refer to various smoking cessation services in Hong Kong (using the referral leaflet) and motivate the smokers to use the smoking cessation services.
AWARD and brief leaflet/ Referral leaflet and active referral/ Smoking cessation booklet and general advices
Use AWARD and brief leaflet/ Referral leaflet and active referral/ Smoking cessation booklet and general advices interventions to achieve smoking abstinence
Interventions
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AWARD and brief leaflet/ Referral leaflet and active referral/ Smoking cessation booklet and general advices
Use AWARD and brief leaflet/ Referral leaflet and active referral/ Smoking cessation booklet and general advices interventions to achieve smoking abstinence
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Smoke at least 1 cigarette per day in the past 3 months
* Able to communicate in Cantonese
* Exhaled carbon monoxide (CO) 4 ppm or above, assessed by a validated CO smokerlyzer
* Have Intention to quit
Exclusion Criteria
* Currently following other smoking cessation programs
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health
OTHER
The University of Hong Kong
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Dr. Wang Man-Ping
Assistant Professor
Principal Investigators
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Man Ping Kelvin Wang, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
The University of Hong Kong
Locations
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The Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health (COSH)
Hong Kong, , China
Countries
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References
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Theodoulou A, Fanshawe TR, Leavens E, Theodoulou E, Wu AD, Heath L, Stewart C, Nollen N, Ahluwalia JS, Butler AR, Hajizadeh A, Thomas J, Lindson N, Hartmann-Boyce J. Differences in the effectiveness of individual-level smoking cessation interventions by socioeconomic status. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2025 Jan 27;1(1):CD015120. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD015120.pub2.
Wang MP, Suen YN, Li WH, Lam CO, Wu SY, Kwong AC, Lai VW, Chan SS, Lam TH. Intervention With Brief Cessation Advice Plus Active Referral for Proactively Recruited Community Smokers: A Pragmatic Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2017 Dec 1;177(12):1790-1797. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.5793.
Suen YN, Wang MP, Li WH, Kwong AC, Lai VW, Chan SS, Lam TH. Brief advice and active referral for smoking cessation services among community smokers: a study protocol for randomized controlled trial. BMC Public Health. 2016 May 11;16:387. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-3084-z.
Other Identifiers
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QTW2015
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id