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NCT Number: NCT01652508

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Smoking Cessation in the Primary Care Setting

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Smoking Cessation Behavior Health Behavior

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong

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About this study

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.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

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

Treatment and study plan

Control

Other

Participants in the control group are provided a self-help leaflet on smoking cessation only

Other names: Control intervention

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Behavioral

All participants are given an initial smoking cessation session via face to face by Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Two other sessions using the same therapy will be provided by telephone. The total contact time by ACT will be 45 mins (15 mins per session).

Primary outcomes

  1. 7-day point prevalence by self report

    Time frame: at 6 months

    self-reports on stopped smoking for a consecutive 7 days proceeding to the assessment at 6 months post-intervention

Secondary outcomes

  1. 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 outcomes

  1. 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

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Other

Collaborators

  • Food and Health Bureau, Hong Kong

Registry information

Official study title

Individual, Telephone-delivered Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Smoking Cessation in the Primary Healthcare Setting: Feasibility and Potential Efficacy

Acronym: ACT

Important dates

Study start
2012
Primary completion
2015
Study completion
2015
First posted
Jul 30, 2012
Registry last updated
Oct 30, 2017

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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