Smoking Cessation
Conditions
Keywords
smoking cessation, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, primary care setting, randomised controlled trial
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility and potential efficacy of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) in enhancing smoking cessation among attendees in primary healthcare settings.
Detailed description
The program is preventive and corrective, and carries brief messages by approaching and influencing services attendees who may not be able to reach in traditional reactive approach method of service users. Those traditional approaches are, for example, quitline and smoking cessation clinic. It can therefore benefit a larger population at low cost.
Interventions
OTHERControl
Participants in the control group are provided a self-help leaflet on smoking cessation only
BEHAVIORALAcceptance and Commitment Therapy
All participants are given an initial smoking cessation session via face to face by Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Two other sessions using the same therapy will be provided by telephone. The total contact time by ACT will be 45 mins (15 mins per session).
Sponsors
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Food and Health Bureau, Hong Kong
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Investigator)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* aged 18 years and older * currently smoking at least one cigarette per day in the past 30 days * Hong Kong residents * able to communicate in Cantonese * currently residing in Hong Kong and expecting to continue to do so for the next 6 months * have access to a telephone
Exclusion criteria
* currently undergoing another smoking cessation or similar program
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 7-day point prevalence by self report | at 6 months | self-reports on stopped smoking for a consecutive 7 days proceeding to the assessment at 6 months post-intervention |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| validated self-report not smoking measured | at 6 months after the baseline | Obtaining CO measurement and testing urinary cotinine for those participants who report quitting smoking |
Other
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Feasibility outcomes | 1 year | Feasibility outcomes will be assessed in terms of participant recruitment, programme attendance and retention, their acceptance of physical cravings, emotions and thoughts related to smoking |
Countries
Hong Kong
Outcome results
None listed