Estimation of Smoking Prevalence and Comparison between the Efficacy of Front Loading Session and Routine Counselling Program among Malaysian Smoker with Medical Illness at Penang General Hospital

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Smoking cessation; Smoking cessation, Phone calls, Malaysia

• Registration Number: TCTR20140504001
• Lead Sponsor: School of Pharmaceutical sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Completion: 2012-02-01
• Study Start: 2014-05-04
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 231

Inclusion Criteria

1 New registered smokers who attend the Quit Smoking Clinic either walk in referred from the outpatient clinics from the same hospital or referred from outside primary clinics 2 Male or female aged 8805 18 years old 3 Willing to stop smoking

Exclusion Criteria

1 Any inpatient referred to the Quit Smoking Clinics 2 Recent three months or below history of serious cardiac arrhythmia angina pectoris myocardial infarction or other medical conditions that from researchers view participants might not be commitment with the study 3 Currently using NRT or other smoking cessation treatments bupropion or varenicline within the last 12 months before study enrolment 4 Use tobacco products other than cigarettes 5 Pregnant lactation or intend to be pregnant 6 Use of Psychoactive drugs 7 Suspected drug or alcohol abuse 8 Patients who continue to buy nicotine gum after the first 2 weeks of treatment as a normal policy in these hospitals the patients are supplied free nicotine gum for 2 weeks only after that if the patients wants to continue use NRT must buy it themselves

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Proportion of non-smokers vs smoker Percentage

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Carbon monoxide level Smokelyxer meter