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Effectiveness and impact of training general practitioners in delivering the "5A" or "ABC" approach for brief stop-smoking advice during routine consultations: a pragmatic, cluster randomised controlled trial

Effectiveness and impact of training general practitioners in delivering the "5A" or "ABC" approach for brief stop-smoking advice during routine consultations: a pragmatic, cluster randomised controlled trial - ABC-Trial

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00010871
Enrollment
1200
Registered
2016-07-29
Start date
2016-09-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-04-07

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

Conditions

Tobacco smoking, Tobacco addiction F17.2

Interventions

Group 1: Intervention ABC: GPs will receive a 3-hour training in delivering brief advice to quit smoking according to the ABC approach (ask, brief advice, cessation support). Baseline data will be col

Sponsors

Medizinische Fakultät der Heinrich-Heine-Universität; Medical Faculty of the Heinrich-Heine-University
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Smoking tobacco occasionally or regularly, consultation of a GP who participates in the trial (arm 1, 2 or 3)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Limited literacy, incapability to provide informed consent (e.g., dementia), patients who will not see the GP personally

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Quit attempts at 1 month (following consultation), assessed via questionnaires

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Rates of delivery and quality of advice to quit by GPs, triggers of the last quit attempt, use of evidence-based cessation treatments and point prevalence abstinence rates 1, 4, 26 and 52 weeks after consultation.

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactSabrina Kastaun

Institut für Allgemeinmedizin (ifam)Forschungsschwerpunkt Suchtforschung und Klinische Epidemiologie, Medizinische Fakultät der Heinrich-Heine-Universität

sabrina.kastaun@med.uni-duesseldorf.de0211/81-19527

Outcome results

None listed

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