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Tobacco Control Among Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Employees

NCT00617266 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 800

Last updated 2008-02-15

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Summary

The Business Process Outsourcing BPO industry has been rapidly expanding in India over the last 10 years. There is a concern regarding issues of health and safety that are unique to this new and developing industry. The lack of reliable and relevant information on which to base the response to this concern poses a challenge for safeguarding the health of BPO employees. Elevated stress levels, shift duties, high work targets, lofty income may force many towards addictions to keep them going.

Use of tobacco, which is very common addiction in India, is associated with several health hazards. Anecdotal evidence suggests that smoking and other forms of addictions are at its peak in the BPO industries. We are conducting a research on the tobacco habits among Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) employees to understand the prevalence of different forms of tobacco addiction and the reasons for initiation and continuation of the habit. We will also offer different interventions as a measure of tobacco cessation.

Conditions

  • Tobacco Use Cessation

Interventions

OTHER

tobacco cessation intervention

Active Health Education and Tobacco Cessation Programme for tobacco users using Behavioural Therapy only

OTHER

Tobacco cessation intervention

Active Health Education and Tobacco Cessation Programme for tobacco users using Behavioural and Pharmaco-therapy

OTHER

Tobacco cessation intervention

Distribution of pamphlets containing information on the hazards of tobacco

OTHER

Tobacco cessation intervention

Active Health Education sessions (harmful effects of tobacco addiction) followed by focus group discussion for all BPO employees

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Tata Memorial Hospital

    lead OTHER_GOV

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-08-31
Primary Completion
2008-04-30
Completion
2009-02-28

Countries

  • India

Study Locations

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