Increasing use of smoking cessation services with risk information and taster sessions

Conditions

Smoking cessation Mental and Behavioural Disorders Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of tobacco

Dimitra Kale, Hazel Gilbert, Stephen Sutton

Addictive Behaviors Reports2018-11-0118 citations

10.1016/j.abrep.2018.10.005

Start2quit: a randomised clinical controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of using personal tailored risk information and taster sessions to increase the uptake of the NHS Stop Smoking Services.

Gilbert H, Sutton S, Morris R, Petersen I, Wu Q, Parrott S, Galton S, Kale D, Magee MS, Gardner L, Nazareth I.

2017-01-0111 citations

10.3310/hta21030

Assessing the fidelity of delivery of an intervention to increase attendance at the English Stop Smoking Services.

Sweeney-Magee M, Kale D, Galton S, Hamill A, Gilbert H.

2016-12-282 citations

10.1186/s13012-016-0498-z

Evaluating the effectiveness of using personal tailored risk information and taster sessions to increase the uptake of smoking cessation services: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Gilbert H, Sutton S, Morris R, Parrot S, Galton S, Nazareth I.

2012-10-187 citations

10.1186/1745-6215-13-195

Interventions

Control group: A standard generic letter sent from the surgery advertising the NHS stop smoking service and asking the smoker to contact the service to make an appointment to see an advisor. Interve

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All current smokers: 1. Willing to participate and returning the signed consent form 2. Aged 16 years and over, either sex 3. Able to read English 4. Motivated to quit 5. Have not previously attended the NHS services

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria are minimal because the aim is to recruit all smokers into the services. However, smokers younger than 16 will be excluded because of the need for parental consent to participate for this age group, and any patients identified who are considered by the GP to be unsuitable for the project, e.g. severely or terminally ill, will be excluded.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The proportion of people entering the smoking cessation service (i.e. attending the first session of a 6-week course) over a period of 6 months from the receipt of the invitation letter. Self-reported attendance data will be validated by records of attendance at the NHS services.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. 7-day point prevalent abstinence at the 6-month follow-up, validated by salivary cotinine for all participants reporting abstinence in both the intervention and control groups 2. Prolonged periods of abstinence of 7 days to 24 weeks measured by self-report 3. Self-reported changes in daily cigarette consumption, quit attempts, and changes in motivation and intention to quit in continuing smokers 4. Use of NRT or Zyban or Champix and other smoking cessation aids 5. The number completing the 6-week NHS course 6. Process measures: 6.1. The number of smokers attending the taster session (intervention group only) 6.2. Perception of the personal invitation letters 6.3. Reasons for non-attendance at the taster session and barriers to attendance at the NHS services	—

Measure

Time frame

1. 7-day point prevalent abstinence at the 6-month follow-up, validated by salivary cotinine for all participants reporting abstinence in both the intervention and control groups 2. Prolonged periods of abstinence of 7 days to 24 weeks measured by self-report 3. Self-reported changes in daily cigarette consumption, quit attempts, and changes in motivation and intention to quit in continuing smokers 4. Use of NRT or Zyban or Champix and other smoking cessation aids 5. The number completing the 6-week NHS course 6. Process measures: 6.1. The number of smokers attending the taster session (intervention group only) 6.2. Perception of the personal invitation letters 6.3. Reasons for non-attendance at the taster session and barriers to attendance at the NHS services

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Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed