The Effect of Very Brief Smoking Reduction Intervention in Smokers Who Having no Intention to Quit: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Smoking Cessation
- Sponsor
- Chinese PLA General Hospital
- Enrollment
- 500
- Primary Endpoint
- self-reported 7-day point prevalence quit rate
- Last Updated
- 11 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
A two-arm randomized controlled trial for smokers who are not intent to quit smoking will be proposed in outpatient department clinics of People's Liberation Army General Hospital in Beijing, China. Smoking reduction intervention arm (SRI) consisting of a very brief face-to-face individual smoking reduction intervention lasted about one minute, and five follow-up interventions lasted for about minute each. Control arm (EDA) consisting of a very brief face-to-face individual exercise and dietetic advices lasted for the same intervention time as SRI, and also five follow-up interventions lasted for one minute each with different intervention contents.
Investigators
Yao He
Institute of Geriatrics
Chinese PLA General Hospital
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Aged ≥18 years old;
- •Smoked more than 10 cigarettes per day in the past month.
- •Have no intent to smoking cessation now.
- •Agreed to participate in the follow-up, offer telephone number and signed an informed consent form.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Smoked less than 10 cigarettes per day in the past month.
- •Had some diseases that let the physician think that it would be unethical not to advise him to quit smoking as soon as possible.
- •Cognitively impaired (such as those with deafness or who could not understand and complete the questionnaire reliably).
- •Pregnant females.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
self-reported 7-day point prevalence quit rate
Time Frame: at 12 months follow-up
prolonged abstinence quit rate
Time Frame: at 12 months follow-up
Secondary Outcomes
- smoking reduction rates(baseline and at 12 months follow-up)