Building a Community-based Network to Promote Smoking Cessation

Development of a Community-based Network to Promote Smoking Cessation Among Female Smokers in Hong Kong

This study describes the development of a community-based network to promote smoking cessation among female smokers in Hong Kong.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Smoking
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: A brief intervention

Detailed Description

There is growing concern about the use of tobacco among women in Hong Kong. Nevertheless, nearly all of them reported that they had not attended smoking cessation services provided by the government and other organizations, of which only 6.7% indicated that they would like to attend, demonstrating the need for population-based smoking cessation interventions targeting female smokers in Hong Kong. In response to the increased number of female smokers and their low usage rates of smoking cessation services, the first smoking cessation hotline for female smokers in Hong Kong was established in 2006 by the University of Hong Kong. The aim of this study was to describe the development of a community-based network to promote the smoking cessation hotline among female smokers in Hong Kong.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 457
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• China
  • Hong Kong SAR, China
    • The University of Hong Kong

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Female Hong Kong Chinese current smokers
• Aged 15 years or above
• Able to speak and understand Cantonese
• Willing to receive face-to-face or telephone counseling

Exclusion Criteria:

• Those who were participating in other smoking cessation programs or services

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Referred women; A brief intervention based on the'5 A' model developed by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research in the United States.	Behavioral: A brief intervention; The content of the intervention includes: (1) asking about tobacco use; (2) advising cessation; (3) assessing willingness to quit; (4) assisting in the attempt to quit; and (5) arranging follow-up.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
self-reported 7-day point prevalence of abstinence	6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
self-reported reduction of ≥ 50% in cigarette consumption	6 months
Levels of self-efficacy at baseline	baseline
Levels of self-efficacy at six months	six months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: The University of Hong Kong
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: William, Ho Cheung LI, PhD, The University of Hong Kong

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Li WH, Chan SS, Wan ZS, Wang MP, Ho KY, Lam TH. Development of a community-based network to promote smoking cessation among female smokers in Hong Kong. BMC Public Health. 2017 Apr 11;17(1):311. doi: 10.1186/s12889-017-4213-z.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 1, 2006
• Primary Completion (Actual): December 1, 2012
• Study Completion (Actual): February 1, 2014

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: November 16, 2016
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 16, 2016
• First Posted (Estimate): November 18, 2016

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 30, 2017
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 28, 2017
• Last Verified: March 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: Smoking_1

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO