Mindfulness Training for Smoking Cessation in Women in Workplaces
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interventional
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1 country
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Brief Summary
This study has the following objectives:
- The relationship between habitual response and learned association
- The physiological and psychological withdrawal symptoms
- Mindfulness yoga practices
- Knowledge about impacts of smoking on women's health
- Recapture the management of craving through mindfulness
- Mindfulness exercises
- Mindfulness yoga practices
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P75+ for not_applicable
Started Jan 2015
1 active site
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
January 1, 2015
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
July 9, 2015
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
July 14, 2015
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
April 1, 2016
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
April 1, 2016
CompletedMay 12, 2016
May 1, 2016
1.2 years
July 9, 2015
May 10, 2016
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Self-reported quit rate for the past 7 days
Quit rate of participants who stop smoking in the past 7 days
6-month follow-up
Secondary Outcomes (2)
Biochemically validated quit rate
6-month follow-up
50% smoking reduction
6-month follow-up
Study Arms (2)
Intervention group
EXPERIMENTALIntervention group (Mindfulness Smoking cessation program): Women in intervention group will be provided 2 sessions mindfulness training within 2 weeks. Each session will last for 2 hours with 8-20 participants. For mindfulness training, it aims to understand women smokers' own life planning, stressors and their correlation with smoking; to help women smokers sit with negative affect and alleviate stress through mindfulness; to educate women smokers gain the self-control and replace the smoking habit; to teach women smokers how to prevent craving and relapse.
Control group
EXPERIMENTALControl group (Self-help smoking cessation booklet): Only the self-help booklet related to quitting will be provided to the participants.
Interventions
Using mindfulness training (Thinking and Yoga class) to help women smokers in workplaces to quit smoking
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Women who smoked at least 1 cigarette a day by the time of the study starts
- Aged 18 or above
- Able to communicate in Cantonese or Mandarin, and read and write Chinese
You may not qualify if:
- Women smokers with unstable physical or psychological conditions as advised by a doctor
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
2/F, 61 Lung Kong Rd, Kowloon City, Lok Sin Tong Benevolent Society
Hong Kong, China
Related Publications (2)
Theodoulou A, Fanshawe TR, Leavens E, Theodoulou E, Wu AD, Heath L, Stewart C, Nollen N, Ahluwalia JS, Butler AR, Hajizadeh A, Thomas J, Lindson N, Hartmann-Boyce J. Differences in the effectiveness of individual-level smoking cessation interventions by socioeconomic status. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2025 Jan 27;1(1):CD015120. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD015120.pub2.
PMID: 39868569DERIVEDJackson S, Brown J, Norris E, Livingstone-Banks J, Hayes E, Lindson N. Mindfulness for smoking cessation. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2022 Apr 14;4(4):CD013696. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013696.pub2.
PMID: 35420700DERIVED
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Man-ping Wang, PhD
School of Nursing, The University of Hong Kong
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- PARTICIPANT
- Purpose
- HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
July 9, 2015
First Posted
July 14, 2015
Study Start
January 1, 2015
Primary Completion
April 1, 2016
Study Completion
April 1, 2016
Last Updated
May 12, 2016
Record last verified: 2016-05