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Comparison of two ways of counselling to stop tobacco use among individuals using tobacco in any form living in the rural service area of Puducherry.

Effect of Intensive Counselling on quit rates among the current adult tobacco users of Rural Puducherry â?? a Community based Randomized Control Trial. - Tobacco Cessation Interventional Study

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2018/06/014659
Enrollment
192
Registered
2018-06-28
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention1: Intensive Counselling: A 3 phase counselling planned with an average duration of 25-30 minutes each. This will bring out the harmful effects of tobacco and stories of successful quiting

Sponsors

Jawaharlal Institute of PostGraduate Medical Education and Research
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1.Individuals more than 18 years of age, residing in the rural field practice area of JIPMER with self-reported use of smoking or smoke-less tobacco in the past one month. 2.Availability of mobile phone at household (at least one member in the family who dines with the participant at least once a day)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1.Critically ill (bedridden) 2.Physician diagnosed case of current unstable cardiovascular disease, current psychiatric illness. 3.Visually and hearing challenged individuals

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Quit rates among the two groupsTimepoint: 6 weeks and 12 weeks post counselling—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Frequency of tobacco use over the last 30 days Timepoint: Baseline, 6 weeks and 12 weeks post counselling.;Willingness to quit tobacco use.Timepoint: Baseline, 6 weeks and 12 weeks post counselling.—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Ganesh Kumar S

JIPMER

sssgan@yahoo.com9487896551

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026