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Effects of a Smoking Cessation Program for Prison Inmates

This study is currently recruiting participants.
Verified August 2011 by China Medical University Hospital
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Information provided by:
China Medical University Hospital
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT01417793
First received: August 14, 2011
Last updated: August 15, 2011
Last verified: August 2011
History of Changes
  Purpose

According to WHO database, an average of 540 million people worldwide dies from smoking related diseases every year. The use of tobacco products may reduce the average life expectancy of about 15 years. The data of 2009 from Department of Health Bureau of Health showed 38.57% male adults and 4.75% female adults smoked in Taiwan. Studies about smoking rate within prison inmates were between 64-91.8%, which was over 3 times than the general population. Smoking cessation can lower the risks of smoking related health problems. Two thirds of smokers in Taiwan once tried smoking cessation but the success rate was about 5% every year.

In view of high smoking rate within prison inmates in Taiwan, Agency of Correction, Ministry of Justice announced a smoking cessation program for inmates in April 2010. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of this program and the difference of cessation success rate between various interventional methods, using questionnaires for smokers and smoking cessation clinics database.


Condition Intervention
Smoking Cessation
 Behavioral: Smoking Cessation Program

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Allocation: Non-Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Factorial Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
Official Title: Effects of a Smoking Cessation Program for Prison Inmates-A Case Study of a Prison in Central Taiwan

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U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by China Medical University Hospital:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • Smoking Cessation Rate [ Time Frame: 6 months after each subject's enrollment ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Estimated Enrollment: 500
Study Start Date: August 2011
Estimated Study Completion Date: July 2012
Estimated Primary Completion Date: May 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Arms Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Smoking Cessation Program Behavioral: Smoking Cessation Program
Comparison of smoking cessation rate among different smoking cessation program

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   20 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:   Male
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   Yes
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Prison inmates with age equal or more than 20 years old and have smoked for equal or more than one year
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01417793

Locations
Taiwan
Taichung Prison,Agency of Corrections, Ministry of Justice Recruiting
Taichung, Taiwan, 40852
Contact: Yulung Chen     886-4-23814169        
Sponsors and Collaborators
China Medical University Hospital
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Yulung Chen, M.D China Medical University Hospital
  More Information

No publications provided

Responsible Party: Yulung Chen, China Medical University Hospital
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01417793     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: DMR100-IRB-129
Study First Received: August 14, 2011
Last Updated: August 15, 2011
Health Authority: Taiwan: Department of Health

Keywords provided by China Medical University Hospital:
Smoking cessation rate

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Smoking
Habits

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 19, 2013