COPD, Smoking Cessation
Conditions
Keywords
Spirometry, screening, smoking cessation, tobacco, COPD
Brief summary
The aim of the study is to asses the efficacy of the spirometry and a minimal smoking cessation counselling intervention to quit smoking after a year in patients older than 40 years, smokers of more than 10 packs-year and without a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) diagnosis.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALSpirometry and a brief advice to quit smoking
During a year, recruitment for active smoker patients was done by doctors in primary care medical offices. In the intervention group, after been randomized, one trained nurse completed the questionnaires and did the spirometry with bronchodilator test and set a date with its family doctor who did a minimal smoking cessation counselling intervention and informed the patients about the spirometry results according to established protocol.
BEHAVIORALBrief advice to quit smoking
During a year, recruitment for active smokers patients occurred through doctors in primary care medical offices. After be randomized, in de control group, a nurse complete the questionnaires. Below, patients go to the family doctor who will do a minimal smoking cessation counselling intervention.
Sponsors
Basque Health Service
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
40 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
\- Active smokers over 40 years and more than 10 pack-years
Exclusion criteria
* Previous diagnosis of respiratory disease (asthma, COPD, interstitial lung disease) that cause alteration of spirometric pattern. * Patients with limitations in performing spirometry * Age greater than 80 years * Institutionalized patients * Patients with a life expectancy less than 1 year * Spirometry in the past 2 years
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The primary measure of results will be the differences in smoking cessation rates between intervention and control groups | 12 months after been conducted the intervention | In all patients who report smoking withdrawal, smoking cessation will be confirmed by air carbon monoxide concentration. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Reduce the number of cigarettes among those who continue smoking | 12 months after been conducted the intervention | One secondary outcome will be to reduce the number of cigarettes. In all patients who continue smoking will be recorded the number of cigarettes smoked per day currently |
| Increase smoking abstinence rates in patients with COPD | 12 months after been conducted the intervention | Evaluate the differences in smoking cessation rates between patients with COPD and those without. |
Countries
Spain
Outcome results
None listed