Effectiveness of the Swedish National Tobacco Quitline (SNTQ)

Smoking Cessation by Telephone. Effectiveness and Cost-effectiveness of Proactive and Reactive Services at the Swedish National Tobacco Quitline (SNTQ).

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.

Study Overview

• Status: Terminated
• Conditions: Smoking Cessation; Tobacco Cessation
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Proactive service; Behavioral: Reactive service

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 586
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Sweden
  • Stockholm, Sweden, 17177
    • Karolinska Institutet
  • Stockholm, Sweden, 17177
    • Stockholm County Council
  • Västerås, Sweden, 72189
    • Centre for Clinical Research

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

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

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Proactive service; 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.	Behavioral: Proactive service; In the proactive service the callers to the quitline are offered a number of callbacks.
Active Comparator: Reactive service; 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.	Behavioral: Reactive service; In the reactive service the callers to the quitline are informed that they can themselves call back whenever they like.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Point prevalence abstinence	Not a puff in the last week	12 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
6-month continuous abstinence	Not a puff in the last 6 months	12 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Uppsala University
• Collaborators: Karolinska Institutet; The Swedish Research Council; Region Stockholm; Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research; Swedish Heart Lung Foundation; Swedish Cancer Society; Västmanland County Council, Sweden
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Hans Gilljam, Prof, Karolinska Institutet; Principal Investigator: Ásgeir R Helgason, Assoc prof, Karolisnka Institutet; Principal Investigator: Eva Nohlert, PhD, Centre for Clinical Research Västerås, Uppsala University

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Nohlert E, Ohrvik J, Helgason AR. Self-perceived ability to cope with stress and depressive mood without smoking predicts successful smoking cessation 12 months later in a quitline setting: a secondary analysis of a randomized trial. BMC Public Health. 2018 Aug 28;18(1):1066. doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-5973-9.
• Nohlert E, Ohrvik J, Helgason AR. Effectiveness of proactive and reactive services at the Swedish National Tobacco Quitline in a randomized trial. Tob Induc Dis. 2014 Jun 3;12(1):9. doi: 10.1186/1617-9625-12-9. eCollection 2014.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: February 1, 2009
• Primary Completion (Actual): October 1, 2011
• Study Completion (Actual): October 1, 2011

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 10, 2014
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 10, 2014
• First Posted (Estimate): March 13, 2014

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): March 13, 2014
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 10, 2014
• Last Verified: March 1, 2014

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Quitline; Smoking cessation; Tobacco cessation; Intensity; Telephone counselling
• Other Study ID Numbers: SRL00-367