A randomised controlled trial to assess the effectiveness of the Breaking Free from Smoking online intervention for offenders in UK prisons
- Conditions
- Smoking cessationMental and Behavioural DisordersMental and behavioural disorders due to use of tobacco
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN39840514
- Lead Sponsor
- Breaking Free Group
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Stopped
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 128
1. Aged 18 years and over
2. Currently smoking tobacco
3. Attending the standard stop smoking programme
4. Willing to make a quit attempt in the next 14 days
5. Willing to complete the assessment measures
6. Willing to complete an online programme
7. Able to read and understand materials written in the English language
8. Not scheduled for release within 12 weeks of enrolment to the study
1. Aged 17 or under
2. Not smoking tobacco at the attendance to the first stop smoking session of the standard prison smoking cessation support
3. Not willing to make a quit attempt in the next 14 days
4. Not willing to complete the assessment measures
5. Not willing to complete an online programme
6. Unable to read and understand materials written in the English language
7. Release or transfer pending within the next 12 weeks
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Self-reported smoking at baseline, following treatment engagement at 8 weeks, then at 3 months and 6 months follow-up
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> Measured at baseline, following the 8-week intervention period, and at 3 and 6 months follow-up:<br> 1. Quality of life, measured using two items from the World Health Organisation Quality of Life scale (WHOQOL-BREF)<br> 2. Biopsychosocial functioning, measured using six items from the Recovery Progression Measure (RPM)<br>