Increasing Smoking Cessation Counselling in Primary Care Using a Chronic Disease Management System

A Cluster Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial of the Effect of a New, Improved Smoking Cessation Management Module, Compared With Use of the Standard Version of Such a Management Module, on Smoking Counselling Initiation and Continuation Rates in Primary Care Practices Currently Using P-PROMPT Chronic Disease Management System in Ontario

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01004276

Enrollment

Registered

2009-10-29

Start date

2009-11-30

Completion date

2010-04-30

Last updated

2009-10-29

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Conditions

Delivery of Health Care, Smoking Cessation

Keywords

primary health care, delivery of health care, smoking cessation, chronic disease, disease management, pilot projects

Brief summary

This pilot study will determine the feasibility of studying a new smoking cessation management module in an existing chronic disease management system. The new module is intended to help healthcare providers deliver more smoking cessation counselling to their patients.

Interventions

OTHERNew, improved smoking cessation management module

The intervention that will be tested is an improved smoking cessation management module in an existing chronic disease management system, P-PROMPT CDMS. This module includes the following components: a) the Patient Care Status and Update Form, b) the smoking registry and c) patient prompts.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Physician subscribers to P-PROMPT CDMS

Exclusion criteria

* Paper users * Physicians expected to retire during the course of the study * Physicians whose billing files are not set-up with DataSynch

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Smoker Identifying Cards	3 months post-intervention
Chronic disease management system's activity log	monthly post-intervention

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Smoking cessation counselling billing codes from physician's remittance advice files	monthly post-intervention

Countries

Canada

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026