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Smoking Cessation Programme in Workplaces in Hong Kong (Phase IV)

NCT03870906 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 556

Last updated 2023-05-22

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Summary

Smoking causes cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, cancers and diabetes, and it has been a leading risk factor for death globally. Despite the availability of smoking cessation services locally, most smokers do not use such services. Workplace is one of the most convenient platforms to provide smoking cessation services and over 55% of smokers are employed according to the local population-based survey. However, the effectiveness of a smoking cessation programme conducted in workplace is yet to be examined in Hong Kong, and the attitudes and practices of corporations in promoting smoking cessation are not clear. Thus, this study aims to examine the employers'/ managerial staff's knowledge, attitudes and practices in promoting smoking cessation in workplace and evaluate the smoking behaviors of participants before and after attending a smoking cessation intervention.

Conditions

  • Smoking Cessation

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Occupational-specific health talk

Health talk will provide information about hazards of tobacco (active smoking, second- and third-hand smoke), benefits of quitting smoking and methods to quit smoking.

BEHAVIORAL

WhatsApp interaction

Individual WhatsApp interactions last 3-month and consist of 2 parts. First part is regular WhatsApp message. The schedule will be adjusted according to the participants' quitting status. Second part is real-time discussion intervention based on participants' socio-demographic characteristics, smoking habit at baseline and updated smoking status obtained during online conversation. At 3-month follow-up, participants who are still smoking are encouraged to join an additional 1-month online group chat moderated by a smoking cessation counselor.

BEHAVIORAL

Phone follow-up/counselling service

The intervention outcomes and participants' smoking status will be followed up regularly via telephone interviews (15 - 30 minutes).

BIOLOGICAL

Text message

Participants will receive regular text messages with similar frequency to those in the intervention group.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Lok Sin Tong Benevolent Society, Kowloon

    collaborator OTHER

  • The University of Hong Kong

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-03-01
Primary Completion
2021-12-31
Completion
2022-03-31

Countries

  • Hong Kong

Study Locations

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