Tobacco Control Among Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Employees

NCT00617266 | Unknown Phase 3 DMC

• 1 other identifier: 351
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 800
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The Business Process Outsourcing BPO industry has been rapidly expanding in India over the last 10 years. There is a concern regarding issues of health and safety that are unique to this new and developing industry. The lack of reliable and relevant information on which to base the response to this concern poses a challenge for safeguarding the health of BPO employees. Elevated stress levels, shift duties, high work targets, lofty income may force many towards addictions to keep them going. Use of tobacco, which is very common addiction in India, is associated with several health hazards. Anecdotal evidence suggests that smoking and other forms of addictions are at its peak in the BPO industries. We are conducting a research on the tobacco habits among Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) employees to understand the prevalence of different forms of tobacco addiction and the reasons for initiation and continuation of the habit. We will also offer different interventions as a measure of tobacco cessation.

Conditions

Tobacco Use Cessation

Keywords

tobacco, cessation, BPO, RCT, KAP

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• To assess the post-intervention knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding tobacco addiction and the change as compared with the pre-intervention records by analysing the outcome with respect to different intervention strategies.

  18 months

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• The prevalence of tobacco and alcohol addiction among the BPO employees.

  10 months

• The prevalence of addiction to different forms of tobacco products.

  10 months

• Analysis of the factors responsible for initiation and continuation of tobacco habit.

  10 months

Study Arms (4)

Arm 1 Control Group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Distribution of pamphlets containing information on the hazards of tobacco

Other: Tobacco cessation intervention

Arm 2

EXPERIMENTAL

Active Health Education sessions (harmful effects of tobacco addiction) followed by focus group discussion for all BPO employees

Other: Tobacco cessation intervention

Arm 3

EXPERIMENTAL

Active Health Education and Tobacco Cessation Programme for tobacco users using Behavioural Therapy only

Other: tobacco cessation intervention

Arm 4

EXPERIMENTAL

Active Health Education and Tobacco Cessation Programme for tobacco users using Behavioural and Pharmaco-therapy

Other: Tobacco cessation intervention

Interventions

Tobacco cessation intervention OTHER

Active Health Education and Tobacco Cessation Programme for tobacco users using Behavioural Therapy only

Arm 3

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• The study participants will be apparently healthy males and females above 18 years of age working in the selected BPO units in Mumbai.

You may not qualify if:

• There will be no minors.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Tata Memorial Hospital: lead

Study Sites (1)

Tata Memorial Hospital

Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400012, India

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Tobacco Use Cessation

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Health Behavior; Behavior

Central Study Contacts

Gauravi A Mishra, MD

CONTACT

+91-22-24157532; gauravi2005@yahoo.co.in

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: phase 3
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER GOV

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 4, 2008
• First Posted: February 15, 2008
• Study Start: August 1, 2007
• Primary Completion: April 1, 2008
• Study Completion: February 1, 2009
• Last Updated: February 15, 2008

Record last verified: 2008-02

Locations

IN (1)