Effectiveness of the Swedish National Tobacco Quitline

Summary

The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of the high-intensity proactive service with the low-intensity reactive service at the Swedish National Tobacco Quitline (SNTQ). Our hypothesis was that the effectiveness is about 5% higher in proactive than in reactive service.

The structured treatment protocol is a mixture of motivational interviewing (MI), cognitive behavior therapy, and pharmacological consultation.The standard process at the SNTQ is to offer the client a choice of callback (proactive service) or no callback (reactive service). In the present study clients were not offered a choice, but were randomized to proactive service on even dates and to reactive service on odd dates. Data are collected through postal questionnaires, one baseline and one follow-up after 12 months.

Conditions

• Smoking Cessation
• Tobacco Cessation

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Proactive service

In the proactive service the callers to the quitline are offered a number of callbacks.

BEHAVIORAL

Reactive service

In the reactive service the callers to the quitline are informed that they can themselves call back whenever they like.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Karolinska Institutet

  collaborator OTHER

• Region Stockholm

  collaborator OTHER_GOV

• Västmanland County Council, Sweden

  collaborator OTHER_GOV

• Swedish Heart Lung Foundation

  collaborator OTHER

• Swedish Cancer Society

  collaborator OTHER

• The Swedish Research Council

  collaborator OTHER_GOV

• Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research

  collaborator OTHER

• Uppsala University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Hans Gilljam, Prof · Karolinska Institutet

• Ásgeir R Helgason, Assoc prof · Karolisnka Institutet

• Eva Nohlert, PhD · Centre for Clinical Research Västerås, Uppsala University

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2009-02-28

Primary Completion

2011-10-31

Completion

2011-10-31

Countries

• Sweden

Study Locations