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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Smoking Cessation in the Primary Care Setting (ACT)
This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Collaborator:
Food and Health Bureau, Hong Kong
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Dr. Yim Wah Mak, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT01652508
First received: July 26, 2012
Last updated: June 9, 2015
Last verified: June 2015
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Purpose
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility and potential efficacy of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) in enhancing smoking cessation among attendees in primary healthcare settings.
| Condition | Intervention |
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| Smoking Cessation | Behavioral: ACT |
| Study Type: | Interventional |
| Study Design: | Allocation: Randomized Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Double Blind (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 |
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Further study details as provided by Dr. Yim Wah Mak, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- 7-day point prevalence by self report [ Time Frame: at 6 months ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- 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
Other Outcome Measures:
- 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
| Enrollment: | 156 |
| Study Start Date: | July 2012 |
| Study Completion Date: | June 2015 |
| Primary Completion Date: | April 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
| Arms | Assigned Interventions |
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Placebo Comparator: Self-help materials
Participants will be given printed self-help materials on smoke quitting developed by the Department of Health, Hong Kong.
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Experimental: Self-help materials & ACT
In addition to the set of printed self-help materials on smoke quitting as the participants of control group will be provided. Participants in the intervention group will be provided three sessions of ACT for smoking cessation. Initial ACT session will be given at the centre which will take about 15-20 minutes. The two subsequent sessions will be provided by telephone.
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Behavioral: ACT
Participants in the intervention group will be provided three sessions of ACT for smoking cessation. Initial ACT session will be given at the centre which will take about 15-20 minutes. The two subsequent sessions will be provided by telephone.
Other Name: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
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Detailed Description:
The program is preventive and corrective, and carries brief messages by approaching and influencing services attendees who may not be able to reach in traditional reactive approach method of service users. Those traditional approaches are, for example, quitline and smoking cessation clinic. It can therefore benefit a larger population at low cost.
Eligibility| Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Senior) |
| Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Criteria
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: NCT01652508
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01652508
Locations
| 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 | |
Sponsors and Collaborators
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Food and Health Bureau, Hong Kong
Investigators
| 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 |
More Information
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 History of Changes |
| Other Study ID Numbers: |
HHSRF9101421 |
| Study First Received: | July 26, 2012 |
| Last Updated: | June 9, 2015 |
Keywords provided by Dr. Yim Wah Mak, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University:
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smoking cessation Acceptance and Commitment Therapy primary care setting randomised controlled trial |
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on June 22, 2017