Planning, timing and quit success: A randomised controlled trial.

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Tobacco use, addiction and abstention; Public Health - Health promotion/education

• Registration Number: ACTRN12612000613808
• Lead Sponsor: Ron Borland

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2012-06-08
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 2400

Inclusion Criteria

Smokers who want to quit, who are using the QuitCoach, and at recruitment have not committed to a quit attempt in the next day (Rapid Implementation arm) or had quit for up to 4 days (Structured Planning arm)

Exclusion Criteria

Non-smokers, ex-smokers, people not ready to quit (defined as reporting not planning to make a quit attempt in the next month), or quit for more than 4 days, and those reporting a mental health condition for which they are taking medication.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Sustained abstinence, reported having quit for 6 months and no reported smoking at all in last week. Assessed via a web-based questionnaire following an emailed invitation to complete; failures to respond will be phoned to complete the assessment.[TP: 6 months after quit date]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Making a quit attempt. Assessed via a web-based questionnaire following an emailed invitation to complete; failures to respond will be phoned to complete the assessment.[The initial (2-week) follow-up];Point prevalence (7 days) quit. Assessed via a web-based questionnaire following an emailed invitation to complete; failures to respond will be phoned to complete the assessment.[The initial (2-week) follow-up, and at 6 months follow-up]