Increasing Smoking Cessation Counselling in Primary Care Using a Chronic Disease Management System

October 28, 2009 updated by: McMaster University

A Cluster Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial of the Effect of a New, Improved Smoking Cessation Management Module, Compared With Use of the Standard Version of Such a Management Module, on Smoking Counselling Initiation and Continuation Rates in Primary Care Practices Currently Using P-PROMPT Chronic Disease Management System in Ontario

This pilot study will determine the feasibility of studying a new smoking cessation management module in an existing chronic disease management system. The new module is intended to help healthcare providers deliver more smoking cessation counselling to their patients.

Study Overview

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

10

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

    • Ontario
      • Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8S 4L8
        • McMaster University
      • Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 2S1
        • Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Physician subscribers to P-PROMPT CDMS

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Paper users
  • Physicians expected to retire during the course of the study
  • Physicians whose billing files are not set-up with DataSynch

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Improved module
The intervention that will be tested is an improved smoking cessation management module in an existing chronic disease management system, P-PROMPT CDMS. This module includes the following components: a) the Patient Care Status and Update Form, b) the smoking registry and c) patient prompts.
No Intervention: Standard module

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Smoker Identifying Cards
Time Frame: 3 months post-intervention
3 months post-intervention
Chronic disease management system's activity log
Time Frame: monthly post-intervention
monthly post-intervention

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Smoking cessation counselling billing codes from physician's remittance advice files
Time Frame: monthly post-intervention
monthly post-intervention

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Peter Selby, MD, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
  • Principal Investigator: Natalie T. MacLeod, M.Sc. Candidate, McMaster University
  • Principal Investigator: Rolf J. Sebaldt, MD, McMaster University

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

November 1, 2009

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

April 1, 2010

Study Completion (Anticipated)

April 1, 2010

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

October 28, 2009

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 28, 2009

First Posted (Estimate)

October 29, 2009

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

October 29, 2009

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 28, 2009

Last Verified

October 1, 2009

More Information

Terms related to this study

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