Evaluation of school-based counselling for tobacco use prevention and cessation among adolescents

Completed

• Conditions: Tobacco use and dependence; Mental and Behavioural Disorders; Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of tobacco

• Registration Number: ISRCTN45129574
• Lead Sponsor: Stockholm County Council (Sweden)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-01-08
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 3200

Inclusion Criteria

All students (aged 13 - 15 years, either sex) in junior high grades in the randomised school

Exclusion Criteria

Refusal to participate

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Prevalence of abstainers from tobacco among students receiving the counselling, assessed by personal interview by the school nurses at each counselling occasion and at the end of follow-up (May 2009). Data will be registered on a paper data form (SOTIK4).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Prevalence of abstainers from tobacco in the whole students population, assessed during a survey employing a structured questionnaire (SOTIK3), administered to all students in a random sample of classes in each school, before the intervention start (October 2008) and at the end of the school year (May 2009).