Trial reportBMC public health2011
Effectiveness of proactive telephone counselling for smoking cessation in parents: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial.
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- Wearable Sensors for Monitoring of Cigarette Smoking in Free-Living: A Systematic Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Pooled it
- Telephone counselling for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- FRIENDS GUI: A Graphical User Interface for Data Collection and Visualization of Vaping Behavior from a Passive Vaping Monitor.Journal of open research software · 2026Article
- Comparison of in-person versus telephonic interview on tobacco cessation in an Indian dental setting.Bioinformation · 2023Article
- Implementation of a proactive referral tool for child healthcare professionals to encourage and facilitate parental smoking cessation in the Netherlands: a mixed-methods study.BMC health services research · 2021Article
- Motivational interviewing for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Review
- Electroacupuncture Therapy in Nicotine Dependence: A Double Blind, Sham-Controlled Study.Noro psikiyatri arsivi · 2016Article
- ACTonFOOD: opportunities of ACT to address food addiction.Frontiers in psychology · 2015Article
- Effectiveness of individual counseling for smoking cessation in smokers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asymptomatic smokers.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2014Article
- School-based promotion of cessation support: reach of proactive mailings and acceptability of treatment in smoking parents recruited into cessation support through primary schools.BMC public health · 2013Article
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundSmoking is the world's fourth most common risk factor for disease, the leading preventable cause of death, and it is associated with tremendous social costs. In the Netherlands, the smoking prevalence rate is high. A total of 27.7% of the population over age 15 years smokes. In addition to the direct advantages of smoking cessation for the smoker, parents who quit smoking may also decrease their children's risk of smoking initiation. METHODS/
designA randomized controlled trial will be conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of proactive telephone counselling to increase smoking cessation rates among smoking parents. A total of 512 smoking parents will be proactively recruited through their children's primary schools and randomly assigned to either proactive telephone counselling or a control condition. Proactive telephone counselling will consist of up to seven counsellor-initiated telephone calls (based on cognitive-behavioural skill building and Motivational Interviewing), distributed over a period of three months. Three supplementary brochures will also be provided. In the control condition, parents will receive a standard brochure to aid smoking cessation. Assessments will take place at baseline, three months after start of the intervention (post-measurement), and twelve months after start of the intervention (follow-up measurement). Primary outcome measures will include sustained abstinence between post-measurement and follow-up measurement and 7-day point prevalence abstinence and 24-hours point prevalence abstinence at both post- and follow-up measurement. Several secondary outcome measures will also be included (e.g., smoking intensity, smoking policies at home). In addition, we will evaluate smoking-related cognitions (e.g., attitudes towards smoking, social norms, self-efficacy, intention to smoke) in 9-12 year old children of smoking parents. DISCUSSION: This study protocol describes the design of a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of proactive telephone counselling in smoking cessation. It is expected that, in the telephone counseling condition, parental smoking cessation rates will be higher and children's cognitions will be less favorable about smoking compared to the control condition.
trial registrationThe protocol for this study is registered with the Netherlands Trial Register NTR2707.
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