Smoking Cessation
Conditions
Brief summary
The investigators tested the feasibility of a culturally and linguistically sensitive smoking cessation program with combined counseling and pharmacological components for Chinese smokers in New York City; identified factors and techniques that enhance the administration and appropriateness of the intervention program; and examined the effectiveness of this program on quit attempts, quit rates, and overall smoking reduction.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALindividualized counselor-led MI sessions
Intervention consisted of four 60-min in-person sessions of AMI counseling and a packet of self help smoking cessation materials.
BEHAVIORALgeneral health education session
four in-person 60-min health education sessions and packets of general health self-help information, nutrition, exercise, and the harmful effects of tobacco.
BEHAVIORALNRT
nicotine replacement therapy
Sponsors
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Temple University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 110 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Primary eligibility criterion for inclusion in the study cohort was current smoking status. Other inclusion criteria were: 1. self-identification as ethnic Chinese, 2. aged 18 years and older, 3. having smoked or puffed on a cigarette during the previous week, 4. willingness to participate in the smoking cessation study, 5. access to a functional telephone, 6. expected presence in the study geographic area for a year or more, and 7. not having been enrolled in the past or at the current time in any smoking cessation treatment programs.
Exclusion criteria
1. being currently pregnant and 2. having had a recent diagnosis of cardiovascular disease.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| change in smoking behavior | baseline, 1 week, 1, 3, and 6-month | participants were asked whether they had smoked or had a puff on a cigarette and the number of cigarettes smoked in the past 7 days at multiple assessment points. |
| change in Carbon monoxide (CO) concentration | baseline, 6-month follow-up | CO, a biomarker of smoking status, was assessed at baseline and 6-m follow up |
| change in the stages of smoking cessation | baseline, 1 week, 1, 3, and 6-month | According to Prochaska and DiClemente ' s Stages of Change model, the stages are: precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, and maintenance. It's an ordinal variable that measured at multiple assessment points |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed