Smokers' Quitline for Asian Language Speakers

NCT01248832 | Completed

• 2 other identifiers: 5R01CA104573-5R01CA104573
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 2,277
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The study tested the effects of telephone counseling for smokers from three Asian language speaking groups: Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese. The specific aims were to: 1) test the efficacy of a culturally appropriate counseling protocol for smokers calling the California Smokers' Helpline on the Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese lines, 2) examine whether intervention effects varied by cognitive and behavioral predictors of cessation success, 4) examine whether family involvement plays a role in quitting success, and 5) assess differences in counseling effect across the three ethnic groups.

Conditions

Smoking Cessation

Keywords

tobacco cessation; smoking cessation; telephone; self-help; smoking abstinence; tobacco use disorder; disparity

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Number of participants who are continuously abstinent from cigarettes

  Continuous abstinence from cigarettes

  7-months post enrollment

Secondary Outcomes (5)

• Number of participants who are continuously abstinent from cigarettes

  4-months post enrollment

• Rate of serious quit attempts

  4-months post enrollment

• 30-day point prevalence

  4-months post enrollment

• 30-day point prevalence

  7-months post enrollment

• Rate of serious quit attempts

  7-months post enrollment

Study Arms (2)

Telephone Counseling

EXPERIMENTAL

Telephone Counseling

Behavioral: Telephone Counseling; Behavioral: Self-Help Materials

Self-help Materials

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Self-help Materials

Behavioral: Self-Help Materials

Interventions

Telephone Counseling BEHAVIORAL

Counseling is conducted in Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, or Vietnamese by counselors at the Helpline. The protocol used is similar to that proved efficacious. However, to make the counseling culturally appropriate for Asian language speakers, we: capitalizing on first contact, present the Helpline as a credible quit smoking program staffed by "experts", avoid the term "counseling" since it is associated with mental illness, and assume a more authoritative role and directive counseling style. Counseling is proactive (1st call is made by smoker, then subsequent calls are made by the counselor) to help reduce attrition. Counseling includes a 30-40 minute comprehensive pre-quit session plus up to 5 shorter follow-up calls (about 10 minutes) scheduled according to the probability of relapse.

Telephone Counseling

Self-Help Materials BEHAVIORAL

All subjects (both in the telephone counseling group and the materials-only group) receive self-help materials in teh appropriate language. Materials were created in-house, are written in the appropriate language, and cover the essentials of the quitting process such as motivation, physiological and emotional responses to quitting, nicotine in the body, quitting aids, quitting strategies (including those that might be culturally specific such as acupuncture or herbs), setting a quit date, planning, relapse prevention, differentiating between slips and relapse, long-term maintenance, and developing the nonsmoker self-image.

Self-help Materials; Telephone Counseling

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 75 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• years old,
• daily smoker,
• ready to quit within one month,
• first time caller,
• valid phone number,
• valid address,
• California (CA) resident,
• gave consent to participate in study and evaluation,
• called the Chinese, Korean or Vietnamese line

You may not qualify if:

• used other form of tobacco,
• major medical or psychiatric complication (e.g. lung cancer, major depressive disorder, anti-psychotic medicine, recent stroke, impending surgery)

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of California, San Diego: lead
• National Cancer Institute (NCI): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

University of California San Diego

San Diego, California, 92093, United States

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Zhu SH, Wong S, Stevens C, Nakashima D, Gamst A. Use of a smokers' quitline by Asian language speakers: results from 15 years of operation in California. Am J Public Health. 2010 May;100(5):846-52. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.168385. Epub 2010 Mar 18.

  PMID: 20299658 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Smoking Cessation; Tobacco Use Cessation; Tobacco Use Disorder

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Study Officials

• Shu-Hong Zhu, Ph.D.

  University of California, San Diego

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 24, 2010
• First Posted: November 25, 2010
• Study Start: August 1, 2004
• Primary Completion: April 1, 2008
• Study Completion: November 1, 2008
• Last Updated: February 13, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-02

Locations

US (1)