Very Brief Smoking Reduction Intervention

Chinese PLA General Hospital (301 Hospital)

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Smoking Cessation

Treatments: Behavioral: Smoking reduction intervention; Behavioral: Exercise and diet advice control

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02370147

ChinaPLAGHW

Details and patient eligibility

About

A two-arm randomized controlled trial for smokers who are not intent to quit smoking will be proposed in outpatient department clinics of People's Liberation Army General Hospital in Beijing, China. Smoking reduction intervention arm (SRI) consisting of a very brief face-to-face individual smoking reduction intervention lasted about one minute, and five follow-up interventions lasted for about minute each. Control arm (EDA) consisting of a very brief face-to-face individual exercise and dietetic advices lasted for the same intervention time as SRI, and also five follow-up interventions lasted for one minute each with different intervention contents.

Enrollment: 500 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Aged ≥18 years old;
2. Smoked more than 10 cigarettes per day in the past month.
3. Have no intent to smoking cessation now.
4. Agreed to participate in the follow-up, offer telephone number and signed an informed consent form.

Exclusion criteria

1. Smoked less than 10 cigarettes per day in the past month.
2. Had some diseases that let the physician think that it would be unethical not to advise him to quit smoking as soon as possible.
3. Cognitively impaired (such as those with deafness or who could not understand and complete the questionnaire reliably).
4. Pregnant females.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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500 participants in 2 patient groups

Smoking reduction intervention arm

Experimental group

Description:

Smoking reduction intervention arm (SRI) consisting of a minimal face-to-face individual smoking reduction intervention lasted for about one minute, and five follow-up interventions lasted for about one minute each.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Smoking reduction intervention

Control arm

Active Comparator group

Description:

Control arm (UC) consisting of a brief face-to-face individual exercise and dietetic advices lasted for the same intervention time as SRI, and five follow-up interventions lasted for about one minute each with different intervention contents.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Exercise and diet advice control