Impact of a smoking cessation program on smoking prevalence and food security among food pantry users – a study protocol for a cluster-randomized pragmatic controlled trial
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- F17.2
- Registration Number
- DRKS00020037
- Lead Sponsor
- Fg. Angewandte Ernährungspsychologie, Universität Hohenheim
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 416
Inclusion Criteria
Users of any of the participating food pantries who reported to smoke at least one cigarette or cigarillo per day and are able to sufficiently understand and speak German.
Exclusion Criteria
Non-smokers and individuals smoking less than daily as well as individuals who do not use any of the participating food pantries; individuals who are 17 years of age or less, are unable to understand and speak German or are illiterate; individuals who only use e-cigarettes or tobacco heating systems
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Primary outcomes are the continuous smoking abstinence and increased food security level (the percentage of participants with an improved food security level) six months after the treatment. Smoking cessation is defined as the self-reported continuous smoking cessation (= 5 cigarettes since the defined day of stopping smoking) validated by exhaled carbon monoxide (< 10 ppm). Food insecurity is categorized in food security, mild food insecurity, moderate food insecurity, and severely food insecurity according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Secondary outcomes at one and/or six months post-intervention include the point prevalence abstinence, the mean number of smoked cigarettes per day, the mean number of affirmative responses at the FIES, and the health-related quality of life.