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Impact of Pediatrician Intervention on the Smoking Habits of Parents of Sick Children

Impact of Pediatrician Intervention on the Smoking Habits of Parents of Children With Cystic Fibrosis, Type 1 Diabetes or Children Hospitalized for a First Episode of Bronchiolitis.

Status
UNKNOWN
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04437641
Acronym
MUCODIABTAB
Enrollment
600
Registered
2020-06-18
Start date
2019-10-22
Completion date
2021-12-30
Last updated
2020-06-18

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

Conditions

Tobacco Consumption, Bronchiolitis

Keywords

Tobacco Consumption

Brief summary

Reducing tobacco consumption is a major public health objective, with the prevalence of active smoking estimated in 2017 at 26.9% of the French population aged 18 to 25. The negative impact of passive smoking on children's health and development has been demonstrated by numerous studies, especially with regard to respiratory pathologies. Parental smoking is also a risk factor for active smoking in adolescence and adulthood (with an odds ratio of 1.72 if at least one of the two parents is a smoker). It has been shown that intervention with parents can reduce the number of children exposed to passive parental smoking by about 5%.

Detailed description

Reducing tobacco consumption is a major public health objective, with the prevalence of active smoking estimated in 2017 at 26.9% of the French population aged 18 to 25. The negative impact of passive smoking on children's health and development has been demonstrated by numerous studies, especially with regard to respiratory pathologies. Parental smoking is also a risk factor for active smoking in adolescence and adulthood (with an odds ratio of 1.72 if at least one of the two parents is a smoker). It has been shown that intervention with parents can reduce the number of children exposed to passive parental smoking by about 5%. The paediatrician's role is therefore to try to make parents aware of the consequences of tobacco consumption on their children's health and to encourage them to stop smoking. Minimal advice (simple, clear, written and oral information on the actors and means of helping to stop smoking) is the first step in triggering an attempt to stop smoking. The paediatrician seems to be a particularly influential actor since he intervenes at a time when parents are trying to improve their child's health. The minimum advice would have an effectiveness of 2-5% on smoking cessation in general. There is no data on the impact of this minimum advice when given by paediatricians. There are also no data on the current prevalence of smoking in France among parents of children with various chronic diseases, such as cystic fibrosis or diabetes. It is also necessary to describe the smoking habits of parents, as children's exposure and its impact on their health depends in particular on where their parents smoke.

Interventions

A questionnaire on smoking habits was given to all parents of children being followed in consultation for cystic fibrosis or type 1 diabetes, or whose child was hospitalized for the first time for bronchiolitis. Provision of minimal advice (oral and a leaflet from the anti-smoking centre) to parents who smoke by the paediatrician following the child. For parents who smoke, evaluation at 3 months of the impact of this minimal advice by another questionnaire during the usual follow-up of the patient at 3 months or by telephone contact.

Sponsors

University Hospital, Toulouse
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Observational model
CASE_ONLY
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Parents of legal age, of children being followed for cystic fibrosis or type 1 diabetes or being hospitalized for the first time for bronchiolitis. * Having given their non-opposition to participate in the research * Covered by a social security scheme

Exclusion criteria

* Refusal to participate * Parent already in the process of quitting smoking * Adult person under guardianship/curators or safeguard of justice

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Smoking prevalence18 monthsestablish the effect of minimal advice (oral + orientation leaflet) given by the paediatrician following children with cystic fibrosis, diabetes or hospitalized for a first episode of bronchiolitis on the parents' smoking habits.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Parental smoking evolution18 monthsEvolution of parental smoking habits 3 months after this advice by : Smoking statue number of cigarets/day

Countries

France

Contacts

Primary ContactMarie MITTAINE, MD
mittaine.m@chu-toulouse.fr5 34 55 87 37
Backup ContactIsabelle OLIVIER, PhD
olivier.i@chu-toulouse.fr05-61-77-70-51

Outcome results

None listed

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