Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Smoking Cessation in the Primary Care Setting (ACT)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01652508 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : July 30, 2012
Last Update Posted : October 30, 2017
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Smoking Cessation | Other: Control Behavioral: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 156 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Double (Participant, Investigator) |
Primary Purpose: | Health Services Research |
Official Title: | Individual, Telephone-delivered Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Smoking Cessation in the Primary Healthcare Setting: Feasibility and Potential Efficacy |
Study Start Date : | July 2012 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | April 2015 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | June 2015 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Placebo Comparator: Control
Participants are given printed self-help leaflet on smoking cessation developed by the Department of Health, Hong Kong.
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Other: Control
Participants in the control group are provided a self-help leaflet on smoking cessation only
Other Name: Control intervention |
Experimental: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
All participants are given a self-help leaflet on smoking cessation. Participants are also given an initial session of face-to-face ACT at a primary health service clinic. In addition, two more subsequent ACT sessions are provided by telephone at one week and one month after the initial intervention.
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Behavioral: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
All participants are given an initial smoking cessation session via face to face by Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Two other sessions using the same therapy will be provided by telephone. The total contact time by ACT will be 45 mins (15 mins per session). |
- 7-day point prevalence by self report [ Time Frame: at 6 months ]self-reports on stopped smoking for a consecutive 7 days proceeding to the assessment at 6 months post-intervention
- validated self-report not smoking measured [ Time Frame: at 6 months after the baseline ]Obtaining CO measurement and testing urinary cotinine for those participants who report quitting smoking
- Feasibility outcomes [ Time Frame: 1 year ]Feasibility outcomes will be assessed in terms of participant recruitment, programme attendance and retention, their acceptance of physical cravings, emotions and thoughts related to smoking

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- aged 18 years and older
- currently smoking at least one cigarette per day in the past 30 days
- Hong Kong residents
- able to communicate in Cantonese
- currently residing in Hong Kong and expecting to continue to do so for the next 6 months
- have access to a telephone
Exclusion Criteria:
- currently undergoing another smoking cessation or similar program

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01652508
Hong Kong | |
School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University | |
Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong | |
United Christian Nethersole Community Health Service, Kwong Fuk Community Health Centre | |
Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong | |
Heavenly Joy Family Clinic | |
Tin Shui Wai, New Territories, Hong Kong |
Principal Investigator: | YW Mak, PhD | School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University | |
Principal Investigator: | AY Loke, PhD | School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Responsible Party: | Dr. Yim Wah Mak, Assistant Professor, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01652508 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
HHSRF9101421 |
First Posted: | July 30, 2012 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | October 30, 2017 |
Last Verified: | October 2017 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
smoking cessation Acceptance and Commitment Therapy primary care setting randomised controlled trial |