Building Capacity and Promoting Smoking Cessation in the Community Via "Quit to Win" Contest 2016
NCT ID: NCT02804880
Last Updated: 2017-10-26
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
1200 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2016-06-01
2017-08-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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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, 2015).
Smoking cessation services in Hong Kong are under-used with most of the adult daily smokers (79.6%) who had never used smoking cessation services (Census and Statistics Department, 2015). Among these smokers, only 2.4% were willing to use the services. Our previous RCT in previous QTW Contest 2015 evaluated the effects of low-intensity active referral (LAR) vs. very brief general SC advice (VBA) on quitting. LAR included onsite AWARD counselling and collection of smokers' personal contact information for SC services providers to connect with the smokers. Findings at 3-month follow-up of this RCT suggested the LAR intervention resulted in significantly higher self-reported quit rate than VBA in the control group (18.7% vs 14.0%. P\<0.001).
It is warranted to evaluate if a higher intensity active referral (HAR) and/or text messaging on encouraging SC services use can achieve even higher quit rate when compared with only VBA is given in the control group. Noted the use of text-messaging is the cheaper method than HAR. By using the same design of control group in QTW 2015, we can combine and compare the 2 years QTW intervention of HAR, LAR and text-messaging using network meta-analysis. This will contribute to finding out a more cost-effective way to increase the quit rate through using SC services.
Therefore, the present study will examine (1) the effectiveness of personalised active referral to smoking cessation (SC) services and text messaging on encouraging SC services (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.
Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
SINGLE
Study Groups
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Group A
HAR + AWARD + Referral Card + A4 leaflet
HAR
Smokers will be introduced to various smoking cessation (SC) services in Hong Kong (using the referral card) and be motivated to use the services. Field research staff will assist on-site booking SC services for smokers. Tailored messages, including: harm of smoking, benefit of smoking cessation, importance of adherence to smoking cessation appointment and encouragement on abstinence will be sent via instant messaging (IM) services (e.g. WhatsApp, WeChat) to smokers after initial contact.
AWARD
Ask about smoking history, Warn about the high risk of smoking, Advise to quit as soon as possible, Refer to the smoking cessation services, and Do it again: to repeat the intervention during tel. follow-ups.
Referral card
The 3-folded "Smoking Cessation Services" card consists of brief information and highlights of existing smoking cessation services, contact methods, motivation information and strong supporting messages or slogans.
A4 leaflet
The 2-side color printed A4 leaflet, which systematically covers the most important messages to motivate smoking cessation
Group B
LTM + AWARD + Referral Card + A4 leaflet
LTM
Fix-schedule SMS messages will be sent to encourage them to book the smoking cessation services appointment. Smokers are required to book the SC appointments by themselves.
AWARD
Ask about smoking history, Warn about the high risk of smoking, Advise to quit as soon as possible, Refer to the smoking cessation services, and Do it again: to repeat the intervention during tel. follow-ups.
Referral card
The 3-folded "Smoking Cessation Services" card consists of brief information and highlights of existing smoking cessation services, contact methods, motivation information and strong supporting messages or slogans.
A4 leaflet
The 2-side color printed A4 leaflet, which systematically covers the most important messages to motivate smoking cessation
Group C
Brief advice + 12-page booklet
Brief advice
Very brief, minimal and general smoking cessation advice
12-page booklet
12-page smoking cessation self-help booklet
Interventions
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HAR
Smokers will be introduced to various smoking cessation (SC) services in Hong Kong (using the referral card) and be motivated to use the services. Field research staff will assist on-site booking SC services for smokers. Tailored messages, including: harm of smoking, benefit of smoking cessation, importance of adherence to smoking cessation appointment and encouragement on abstinence will be sent via instant messaging (IM) services (e.g. WhatsApp, WeChat) to smokers after initial contact.
LTM
Fix-schedule SMS messages will be sent to encourage them to book the smoking cessation services appointment. Smokers are required to book the SC appointments by themselves.
AWARD
Ask about smoking history, Warn about the high risk of smoking, Advise to quit as soon as possible, Refer to the smoking cessation services, and Do it again: to repeat the intervention during tel. follow-ups.
Referral card
The 3-folded "Smoking Cessation Services" card consists of brief information and highlights of existing smoking cessation services, contact methods, motivation information and strong supporting messages or slogans.
A4 leaflet
The 2-side color printed A4 leaflet, which systematically covers the most important messages to motivate smoking cessation
Brief advice
Very brief, minimal and general smoking cessation advice
12-page booklet
12-page smoking cessation self-help booklet
Other Intervention Names
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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 / reduce smoking
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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Weng X, Wang MP, Suen YN, Li WHC, Wu Y, Cheung DYT, Kwong ACS, Lai VWY, Chan SSC, Lam TH. Comparing different intensities of active referral to smoking cessation services in promoting smoking cessation among community smokers: a study protocol of a cluster randomized controlled trial. BMC Public Health. 2018 Jul 4;18(1):830. doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-5782-1.
Other Identifiers
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QTW2016
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id