Primary Care Physicians' Use of Stop-Smoking Plans to Help Patients Who Are Smokers

NCT00227786 | Completed

• 2 other identifiers: CDR0000448865KAISER-U19-CA099193
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 344
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 5

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Stop-smoking plans suggested by physicians may help patients quit smoking. Studying how physicians give stop-smoking treatment as family doctors may increase the chance of smokers receiving such treatment. PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying physicians' practice patterns to see if regular feedback to the physician increases the chance of adult smokers receiving stop-smoking treatment.

Conditions

Tobacco Use Disorder; Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific

Keywords

unspecified adult solid tumor, protocol specific; tobacco use disorder

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in tobacco cessation care delivery of the 5 A's (Ask, Advise, Assess, Assist, and Arrange) and in the percentage of smokers receiving assistance as measured by MediClass classification at 18 months

Interventions

smoking cessation intervention BEHAVIORAL

counseling intervention OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: * Primary care physician, meeting all of the following criteria: * Practicing medicine in a family practice or internal medicine clinic * Scheduled to see adult primary care patients for ≥ 2½ days (or 5 half days or equivalent combination of full and half days) per week * Planning to continue full-time practice in their participating organization for at least the next 2 years * At least 1 year of experience working with the local electronic medical record system * Patient * Adult smoker who visited a study physician within the past month PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age * Adult Performance status * Not specified Life expectancy * Not specified Hematopoietic * Not specified Hepatic * Not specified Renal * Not specified PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy * Not specified Chemotherapy * Not specified Endocrine therapy * Not specified Radiotherapy * Not specified Surgery * Not specified

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Sponsors & Collaborators

• Kaiser Permanente: lead

Study Sites (5)

Kaiser Permanente - Aurora

Aurora, Colorado, 80014, United States

Location

Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research - Hawaii

Honolulu, Hawaii, 96817, United States

Location

Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center

Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States

Location

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States

Location

Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research

Portland, Oregon, 97227, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Tobacco Use Disorder

Interventions

Counseling

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Substance-Related Disorders; Chemically-Induced Disorders; Mental Disorders

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Mental Health Services; Behavioral Disciplines and Activities; Community Health Services; Health Services; Health Care Facilities Workforce and Services

Study Officials

• Victor J. Stevens, PhD

  Kaiser Permanente

  STUDY CHAIR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 26, 2005
• First Posted: September 28, 2005
• Study Start: January 1, 2003
• Primary Completion: May 1, 2006
• Study Completion: May 1, 2006
• Last Updated: August 16, 2013

Record last verified: 2005-11

Locations

US (5)