Be A Quitter: Illinois Small Business EX Program Dissemination

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Tobacco Use

• Registration Number: NCT07097194
• Lead Sponsor: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Brief Summary

Disseminate the EX tobacco cessation program to Illinois small businesses

Detailed Description

This project is designed to provide small businesses throughout Illinois the opportunity to provide a proven tobacco cessation program to their employees at no or reduced cost to the business. The investigators will examine practices that facilitate dissemination of the program, employee usage, as well as benefits of enrollment for individual's mental health, workplace functioning, and family relationships.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-11-19
• Study First Submitted: 2022-07-18
• Status Verified: 2025-03
• Primary Completion: 2025-03-31
• Study Completion: 2025-03-31
• Study First Submitted QC: 2025-07-30
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-07-30
• Study First Posted: 2025-07-31
• Last Update Posted: 2025-07-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 28

Inclusion Criteria

• Resident of Illinois
• 18 years of age or older
• Current tobacco user
• Seeking to quit tobacco use and willing to participate in the EX program
• Willing to answer surveys at 5 occasions over the course of a year
• Employed at collaborating business in Illinois

Exclusion Criteria

• Not employed at collaborating business in Illinois

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Participant enrollment	Through study completion, an average of 1 year	Number of individuals that enroll
Quit planning	Through study completion, an average of 1 year	Number of steps completed for quit plan
Business enrollment	Through study completion, an average of 1 year	Number of businesses that enroll

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
General Quality of Life	Baseline, 3 month, 6 month, 9 month, and 12 month follow-up	1 item quality of life measure from World Health Organization brief quality of life assessment (1-5, higher is better quality of life)
General Health	Baseline, 3 month, 6 month, 9 month, and 12 month follow-up	4 items from RAND (Research and Development) Corporation Short Form Health Survey (1-4, higher is better health)
Work functioning	Baseline, 3 month, 6 month, 9 month, and 12 month follow-up	1 item of general ability to function at work (1-5 scale, higher is better working functioning)
Exercise	Baseline, 3 month, 6 month, 9 month, and 12 month follow-up	1 item of frequency of exercise (1-6, higher is more weekly exercise)
Psychological distress	Baseline, 3 month, 6 month, 9 month, and 12 month follow-up	Kessler 6 item psychological distress (1-5, higher is more distress)
Alcohol Use	Baseline, 3 month, 6 month, 9 month, and 12 month follow-up	PROMIS (Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System) 7 item problematic alcohol use (1-5, higher is more problematic alcohol use)
Anger	Baseline, 3 month, 6 month, 9 month, and 12 month follow-up	NIH PROMIS 5 item anger measure (1-5, higher is more anger)
Couple Relationship Satisfaction	Baseline, 3 month, 6 month, 9 month, and 12 month follow-up	4 item Couple Satisfaction Index (3-21 \[summed score\], higher is more satisfaction)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Illinois Extension; 🇺🇸 Urbana, Illinois, United States