Will telephonic counselling have any impact on changing behavior of tobacco users? An interventional study

Not yet recruiting

Conditions: Nicotine dependence,

Registration Number: CTRI/2019/05/019088

Lead Sponsor: Sushma A

Brief Summary: According to Global Adult Tobacco Survey 2 (GATS 2) surveyin India, prevalence of current tobacco use is found to be 28.6% among those aged15 years and above and nearly 38.5% of smokers made an attempt to quit smokingusing various methods of quitting in the past 12 months. But few are successfulin the quitting. To support suchattempts at quitting the efforts need to be expanded.

Brief or very brief interventions/counselling can bedelivered in various modes, the most commonly used one being face-to-face counselling. This cannotbe used to address large numbers, for which telephonic counselling is a bettertool. The Cochrane review in 2013 has showed telephonic counselling to improvequitting by around 27%. There was a mixed result in terms of dose responsei.e., number of calls needed to make the intervention more effective.

Telephone counselling may be a cost-effective way ofproviding individual counselling. Telephone contact can be timed such that itcould maximize the level of support around a planned quit date, and counsellingcan be scheduled in response to the needs of the participant. There is no studyfrom India which has independently assessed the effectiveness of telephoniccounselling in improving the quit rate. This study is intended to test the samein settings of low and middle-income country like India and also generateevidence to scalability under relevant national programs.

**OBJECTIVES OF STUDY**:

Among patients seeking care at screeningout-patient department (OPD) who are tobacco users at R L Jalappa Hospital andResearch Centre (RLJH&RC), Kolar.

**Primaryobjective:**

To assess the effectiveness of monthlyindividualized very brief telephonic counselling in changing the behaviour toquit tobacco according to the trans-theoretical model.

**Secondaryobjective(s):**

1. Todetermine the proportion of individuals who are dependent on tobacco by using Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND) questionnaire.

2. To assess the level ofmotivation to quit tobacco among those who are willing to quit by usingRichmond test for motivation.

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Not Yet Recruiting

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 246

Inclusion Criteria

1.Patient should be adult i.e., age â‰¥18 years.
2.Patient should be residing in Kolar district for at least last six months.
3.Availability of mobile/telephone at household (at least one member in the family who dines with the participant at least once a day).

Exclusion Criteria

Patients with history of any cancer and/or mental illness.

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
change in the behaviour to quit tobacco according to the trans-theoretical model	Zero and Six months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number who quit tobacco at end of intervention	six months

Trial Locations

Locations (1): R L Jalappa Hospital and Research Centre
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Kolar, KARNATAKA, India
R L Jalappa Hospital and Research Centre
🇮🇳Kolar, KARNATAKA, India
Dr Sushma A
Principal investigator
8892581625
sushu.a9@gmail.com