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Testing Counseling Styles to Motivate Smokers to Quit

NCT01188018 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 255

Last updated 2012-07-04

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine, among a sample of general adult smokers, the effectiveness of three different counseling interventions for motivating quit attempts among smokers not yet ready to quit.

Conditions

  • Smoking
  • Tobacco Use
  • Nicotine Dependence

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Brief Advice (BA)

Participants in this arm will receive a single session of brief advice. A counselor will briefly discuss the risks associated with smoking.

BEHAVIORAL

Motivational Interviewing (MI)

Subjects will receive 4 counseling sessions (over 18 weeks) in which their thoughts about their smoking will be discussed. Two of these counseling sessions will be performed in person (weeks 0 and 12) and the remaining two will be over the phone(weeks 6 and 18).

BEHAVIORAL

Health Education (HE)

Subjects will receive 4 counseling sessions (over 18 weeks)in which they will receive educational information about the risks of smoking and the benefits of quitting. Two of these counseling sessions will be performed in person (weeks 0 and 12) and the remaining two will be over the phone (weeks 6 and 18).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Missouri, Kansas City

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Delwyn Catley, Ph.D. · University of Missouri, Kansas City

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-10-31
Primary Completion
2012-06-30
Completion
2012-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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