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Trial reportBMC public health2013

Effects of timing of initiation and planning on smoking cessation outcomes: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Ron Borland, James Balmford, Elena Swift

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in BMC public health, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Smoking reduction interventions for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019
    Pooled it
  2. Internet-based interventions for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017
    Pooled it
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  6. Smoking Cessation Advisory Intervention in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease.Medical archives (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina) · 2017
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  7. Reported planning before and after quitting and quit success: retrospective data from the ITC 4-Country Survey.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2014
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Ron BorlandVicHealth Centre for Tobacco Control, The Cancer Council Victoria, 1 Rathdowne St Carlton, Melbourne, VIC 3053, Australia. Ron.Borland@cancervic.org.au
James Balmford
Elena Swift

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundRecent theoretical and empirical work has led to debate over the benefit of delaying the implementation of a decision to quit smoking in order to plan the attempt. These two need not be linked, planning can occur before a commitment to quit is made, or after it is implemented, as well as in between. This study will test whether there are independent benefits for encouraging smokers to act immediately on a definite decision to quit smoking, and to engage in structured planning. METHODS/

designA complex randomised controlled trial with a factorial design, testing the presence of a recommendation to quit immediately (or not) and encouragement to structured planning (or not) as additions to standard care, a web-based automated tailored advice program (QuitCoach). Participants are recruited from users of the QuitCoach who reside in Australia, do not report a mental health condition for which they are taking medication, are adult daily smokers, and at least open to the possibility of quitting. For the Immediate arm they could not have committed to quit within 2 days, while the Planning arm included all these and those quit within the last 4 days. This creates 6 groups: 2 × 3, with 2 × 2 fully randomised, and 2 only randomised for the planning arm. Follow-up assessments are conducted around 1 month (targeting two weeks after the quit attempt started), and 6 months later. The primary outcome is 6-month sustained abstinence at 6 months. Secondary outcomes include point-prevalence abstinence at both follow-ups, and making quit attempts during the intervention period. We will also explore differences in actual behaviour (timing and planning) by intervention, and relate this to outcomes. DISCUSSION: This study will result in a better understanding of the roles of planning and delay in influencing the success of quit attempts.

trial registrationAustralian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry http://ACTRN12612000613808.

Indexed as

Smoking PreventionFollow-Up StudiesHumansOutcome Assessment, Health CarePatient Care PlanningResearch DesignSmokingSmoking CessationTime Factors

Identifiers

PMID23496992
PMCPMC3608216

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