Effectiveness of the Swedish National Tobacco Quitline (SNTQ)

Uppsala University

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Tobacco Cessation; Smoking Cessation

Treatments: Behavioral: Proactive service; Behavioral: Reactive service

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02085616

SRL00-367

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of the high-intensity proactive service with the low-intensity reactive service at the Swedish National Tobacco Quitline (SNTQ). Our hypothesis was that the effectiveness is about 5% higher in proactive than in reactive service.

The structured treatment protocol is a mixture of motivational interviewing (MI), cognitive behavior therapy, and pharmacological consultation.The standard process at the SNTQ is to offer the client a choice of callback (proactive service) or no callback (reactive service). In the present study clients were not offered a choice, but were randomized to proactive service on even dates and to reactive service on odd dates. Data are collected through postal questionnaires, one baseline and one follow-up after 12 months.

Enrollment: 586 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Tobacco users calling the SNTQ to discuss his/her own tobacco behaviour.
• The client gives verbal consent to sign up for cessation support.
• The client return a registration form including a baseline questionnaire

Exclusion criteria

• Snuff cessation

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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586 participants in 2 patient groups

Proactive service

Experimental group

Description:

Intervention: Tobacco cessation by telephone support. The structured treatment protocol is a mixture of motivational interviewing (MI), cognitive behaviour therapy, and pharmacological consultation. In the proactive service the callers to the quitline are offered a number of callbacks.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Proactive service

Reactive service

Active Comparator group

Description:

Intervention: Tobacco cessation by telephone support. The structured treatment protocol is a mixture of motivational interviewing (MI), cognitive behaviour therapy, and pharmacological consultation. In the reactive service the callers to the quitline are informed that they can themselves call back whenever they like.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Reactive service