A nurse-led brief advice to mothers of sick children in preventing household secondhand smoke exposure and encouraging fathers to quit smoking in Hong Kong

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Sick children in the paediatric wards / outpatient departments, with non-smoking mothers and smoking fathers; Mental and Behavioural Disorders; Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of tobacco

• Registration Number: ISRCTN72290421
• Lead Sponsor: Food and Health Bureau (Hong Kong)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2012-07-30
• Last Update Posted: 17 October 2016

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1840

Inclusion Criteria

1. Non-smoking mothers who bring their sick child to the hospital
2. The child's father is a current smoker
3. Mother, father and child are living together in the same household
4. The mother speaks and reads Cantonese Chinese

Exclusion Criteria

Sick children who were admitted to the hospital with other relatives (other than the mother) or with maids

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified