Smoking Cessation in Workplaces in Hong Kong [Phase II]

Assessing the Corporate Environment in Promoting Tobacco Control and Evaluation of a Smoking Cessation Programme in Workplaces in Hong Kong

This study has the following objectives:

1. To examine the employers'/managerial staff's knowledge, attitudes and practices in promoting smoking cessation in workplace.
2. To evaluate the smoking behaviours of participants before and after attending a smoking cessation intervention.

Study Overview

• Status: Unknown
• Conditions: Smoking
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: workshop (Motivational intervention); Behavioral: Health talk; Behavioral: SMS; Behavioral: Booklet; Behavioral: Face to Face counseling; Behavioral: Phone counseling

Detailed Description

Study design In Phase I of this study, a large scale cross-sectional survey will be sent to 3000 corporations in Hong Kong. The questionnaire will examine the employers' knowledge, attitudes and practices in promoting smoking cessation in the workplace.

In Phase II, a longitudinal study will be conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of a smoking cessation intervention offered by the Department of Psychology, the University of Hong Kong. A total of 600 smokers from corporations will be recruited and interviewed before the intervention at baseline, immediately after the intervention, and at 1-, 4-, 12-, 26- and 52-week post-intervention follow-ups, in an attempt to evaluate their smoking behaviours, knowledge on smoking and satisfaction of the smoking cessation services. Self-reported quitters (did not smoke in the past 7 days) will be invited to participate in the bio-chemical validation by assessing their exhaled carbon monoxide level and the saliva cotinine level.

Process evaluation: Qualitative interviews, including in-depth interviews and/or focus group will be conducted within 1 month after 12-month follow-up.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 600
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• China
  • Hong Kong, China
    • 2/F, 61 Lung Kong Rd, Kowloon City, Lok Sin Tong Benevolent Society

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Hong Kong residents aged 18 or above
• Cantonese speaker and able to read in Chinese characters
• Smoke at least one cigarette per day
• Stay at Hong Kong during the intervention and follow-up periods (12 months)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Smokers who are psychologically or physically unable to communicate
• Smokers who are currently following other smoking cessation programme(s)
• Smokers with diagnosed psychiatric illnesses

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

4

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Group A; Health talk + workshop (Motivational intervention) + booklet + Short Message Service (SMS)	Behavioral: workshop (Motivational intervention); Through intensive workshop which includes motivation of quitting enhancement, stress management, smoking triggers, cravings and relapse, to provide smoking cessation intervention; Behavioral: Health talk; Health talk provided information about hazards of tobacco (active smoking, second- and third-hand smoke), benefits of quitting smoking and methods to quit smoking; Behavioral: SMS; Use motivational interview strategies through telephone messages to provide smoking cessation intervention; Behavioral: Booklet; A 26-page booklet included information about smoking and diseases, benefits of quitting smoking, methods to quit smoking, how to handle withdrawal symptoms, stress management, declaration of quitting smoking, decisional balance of smoking or quitting
Placebo Comparator: Group B; Face to Face counseling (Motivational intervention) + Booklet + SMS	Behavioral: Health talk; Health talk provided information about hazards of tobacco (active smoking, second- and third-hand smoke), benefits of quitting smoking and methods to quit smoking; Behavioral: SMS; Use motivational interview strategies through telephone messages to provide smoking cessation intervention; Behavioral: Booklet; A 26-page booklet included information about smoking and diseases, benefits of quitting smoking, methods to quit smoking, how to handle withdrawal symptoms, stress management, declaration of quitting smoking, decisional balance of smoking or quitting; Behavioral: Face to Face counseling; Use motivational interview strategies through face-to-face counseling to provide smoking cessation intervention
Placebo Comparator: Group C; Phone counseling (Motivational intervention) + Health talk + booklet + SMS	Behavioral: Health talk; Health talk provided information about hazards of tobacco (active smoking, second- and third-hand smoke), benefits of quitting smoking and methods to quit smoking; Behavioral: SMS; Use motivational interview strategies through telephone messages to provide smoking cessation intervention; Behavioral: Booklet; A 26-page booklet included information about smoking and diseases, benefits of quitting smoking, methods to quit smoking, how to handle withdrawal symptoms, stress management, declaration of quitting smoking, decisional balance of smoking or quitting
Placebo Comparator: Group D; Phone counseling (Motivational intervention) + booklet + SMS	Behavioral: SMS; Use motivational interview strategies through telephone messages to provide smoking cessation intervention; Behavioral: Booklet; A 26-page booklet included information about smoking and diseases, benefits of quitting smoking, methods to quit smoking, how to handle withdrawal symptoms, stress management, declaration of quitting smoking, decisional balance of smoking or quitting; Behavioral: Phone counseling; Use motivational interview strategies through telephone counseling to provide smoking cessation intervention

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change from baseline smoking quit rate at 6-month	Quit smoking rate is defined by the self-reported 7-day point prevalence abstinence. It is a binary type (yes/no) questionnaire and participants answer the question about their smoking status in the past 7 days at 6-month after the intervention.	6 months after the intervention

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change from baseline smoking reduction at 6-month	Smoking reduction is defined as reduced at least 50% of cigarette consumption. Participants were asked to respond to the daily cigarette consumption at 6-month after the intervention. Their daily cigarette consumption at 6-month were compared with baseline's daily cigarette consumption and determine whether they had reduced at least 50% cigarette consumption at 6-month.	6 months after the intervention
Change from baseline smoking reduction at 12-month	Smoking reduction is defined as reduced at least 50% of cigarette consumption. Participants were asked to respond to the daily cigarette consumption at 6-month after the intervention. Their daily cigarette consumption at 12-month were compared with baseline's daily cigarette consumption and determine whether they had reduced at least 50% cigarette consumption at 12-month.	12 months after the intervention
Change from baseline smoking quit rate at 12-month	Quit smoking rate is defined by the self-reported 7-day point prevalence abstinence. It is a binary type (yes/no) questionnaire and participants answer the question about their smoking status in the past 7 days at 12-month after the intervention.	12 months after the intervention

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: The University of Hong Kong
• Collaborators: Lok Sin Tong Benevolent Society, Kowloon
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Man-ping Wang, PhD, School of Nursing, The University of Hong Kong

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: January 1, 2015
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): June 1, 2017
• Study Completion (Anticipated): June 1, 2017

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 9, 2015
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 15, 2016
• First Posted (Estimate): January 20, 2016

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): November 3, 2016
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 1, 2016
• Last Verified: November 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Smoking cessation interventions
• Other Study ID Numbers: LSTWPLACE2015