Promoting Tobacco Control and Smoking Cessation in Workplaces [Phase I]

NCT02179424 | Completed Results DMC

• 1 other identifier: LSTWPLACE
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 642
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Previous research shows a significant proportion of smokers work in full-time employment. Given that the majority of smokers do not aware of the smoking cessation services available in Hong Kong, implementing smoking cessation policy in the workplaces may assist a considerable number of smokers to stop or reduce smoking. This study aims to:

1. 1.examine the employers' knowledge, attitudes and practices in promoting smoking cessation in workplace.
2. 2.test the effectiveness of a brief and an intensive smoking cessation interventions to help workers stop smoking

Conditions

Smoking

Keywords

smoking cessation interventions

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Employers' KAP

  A questionnaire aimed to examine the employers'/ managerial staff's knowledge, attitudes and practices in promoting smoking cessation in the workplace. The questionnaires consist of three parts: 1. Employers's knowledge was assessed by measuring the average number of correct answers on questions about smoking and quitting (Scale 1-7). 2. Employers' attitude was assessed by measuring the average number agreeing items about their willingness to support employees to quit which included implementation of measures to show support for smoking cessation in the workplace or participation in smoking cessation programme (Scale 1-17). 3. Employers' practice was assessed by the level of smoking ban in the workplace as reported by the employer. (Scale 1-4; 1: not prohibited, 2: prohibited by not strictly, 3: Strictly prohibited and 4: absolutely strictly prohibited).

  Before the health talk

• Smoking Quit Rate

  smoking quit rate was defined as the self-reported 7-day point prevalence abstinence

  6 month follow-up and 12 month follow-up

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Smoking Reduction

  6 month follow-up and 12 month follow-up

Study Arms (4)

Health talk + Workshop + Booklet + SMS

EXPERIMENTAL

Health talk + workshop (Motivational intervention) + booklet + Short Message Service (SMS)

Behavioral: Workshop

Face-to-face counseling + Booklet + SMS

EXPERIMENTAL

Face to Face counseling (Motivational intervention) + Booklet + SMS

Behavioral: Face-to-face counseling; Behavioral: Booklet; Behavioral: SMS

Phone counseling + Health talk + Booklet + SMS

EXPERIMENTAL

Phone counseling (Motivational intervention) + Health talk + booklet + SMS

Behavioral: Phone counseling; Behavioral: Health talk; Behavioral: Booklet; Behavioral: SMS

Phone counseling + Booklet + SMS

EXPERIMENTAL

Phone counseling (Motivational intervention) + booklet + SMS

Behavioral: Phone counseling; Behavioral: Booklet; Behavioral: SMS

Interventions

Workshop BEHAVIORAL

Intensive psychological intervention included motivation of quitting enhancement, stress management and smoking triggers, craving and relapse are used to provide smoking cessation intervention

Health talk + Workshop + Booklet + SMS

Face-to-face counseling BEHAVIORAL

Use motivational interview strategies through face-to-face counseling to provide smoking cessation intervention

Face-to-face counseling + Booklet + SMS

Phone counseling BEHAVIORAL

Use motivational interview strategies through phone counseling to provide smoking cessation intervention.

Phone counseling + Booklet + SMS; Phone counseling + Health talk + Booklet + SMS

Health talk BEHAVIORAL

Health talk provided information about hazards of tobacco (active smoking, second- and third-hand smoke), benefits of quitting smoking and methods to quit smoking.

Phone counseling + Health talk + Booklet + SMS

Booklet BEHAVIORAL

A 26-page booklet included information about smoking and diseases, benefits of quitting smoking, methods to quit smoking, how to handle withdrawal symptoms, stress management, declaration of quitting smoking, decisional balance of smoking or quitting.

Face-to-face counseling + Booklet + SMS; Phone counseling + Booklet + SMS; Phone counseling + Health talk + Booklet + SMS

SMS BEHAVIORAL

Fifteen SMS were sent to subjects included welcome messages, risk of smoking, correction of myths about smoking or quitting, quitting tips, benefits of quitting, encouragement of quitting

Face-to-face counseling + Booklet + SMS; Phone counseling + Booklet + SMS; Phone counseling + Health talk + Booklet + SMS

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Hong Kong residents aged 18 or above
• Cantonese speaker and able to read in Chinese characters
• Smoke at least one cigarette per day
• Stay at Hong Kong during the intervention and follow-up periods (12 months)

You may not qualify if:

• Smokers who are psychologically or physically unable to communicate
• Smokers who are currently following other smoking cessation programme(s)
• Smokers with diagnosed psychiatric illnesses

Sponsors & Collaborators

• The University of Hong Kong: lead
• Lok Sin Tong Benevolent Society, Kowloon: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

2/F, 61 Lung Kong Rd, Kowloon City, Lok Sin Tong Benevolent Society

Hong Kong, China

Location

Related Publications (2)

• Wang MP, Li WHC, Suen YN, Cheung KC, Lau OS, Lam TH, Chan SSC. Association between employer's knowledge and attitude towards smoking cessation and voluntary promotion in workplace: a survey study. Tob Induc Dis. 2017 Nov 14;15:44. doi: 10.1186/s12971-017-0149-4. eCollection 2017.

  PMID: 29162997 DERIVED

• Wang MP, Suen YN, Li WHC, Lau OS, Lam TH, Chan SSC. Proactive outreach smoking cessation program for Chinese employees in China. Arch Environ Occup Health. 2018 Mar 4;73(2):67-78. doi: 10.1080/19338244.2017.1308309. Epub 2017 Apr 21.

  PMID: 28350250 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Smoking

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Limitations and Caveats

The study did not randomize subjects to the intervention groups and had no control group. The 4 groups could not be assumed to be comparable. The sample size of each group varied greatly, which undermined the predictive power of the interventions.

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Professor Lam Tai-Hing
• Organization: University of Hong Kong

hrmrlth@hku.hk

39179287

Study Officials

• Tai Hing Lam, MD

  The University of Hong Kong

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: No
• Restrictive Agreement: No

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Chair Professor and Director, School of Public Health

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 27, 2014
• First Posted: July 1, 2014
• Study Start: December 1, 2012
• Primary Completion: July 1, 2015
• Study Completion: July 1, 2015
• Last Updated: December 23, 2016
• Results First Posted: December 23, 2016

Record last verified: 2016-10

Locations

CN (1)