Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Carole Langley
ORCID ID
Contact details
Air Balloon Surgery
Kenn Road
St George
Bristol
BS5 7PD
United Kingdom
+44 0117 9199914
clangley@airballoon.cix.co.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N0026186755
Study information
Scientific title
Using a screening questionnaire to reduce non-attendances at first appointments for smoking cessation advice clinics in general practice: a clustered randomised controlled trial
Acronym
Study hypothesis
1. Can a short pre-booking questionnaire be used to reduce wastage due to non-attendance of first appointments for smoking cessation advice?
2. Does screening for readiness by using a questionnaire have an impact on successful quit rate and waiting list?
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Clustered randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
GP practices
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet
Condition
Smoking cessation
Intervention
The study will be a controlled trial that will take place in general practices in Bristol. In order to avoid contamination, randomisation will take place at the practice level. The intervention practices will use a short questionnaire which has been designed to assess readiness to quit, as a screening tool, while the smoking cessation advice clinics in control practices will continue to take referrals according to usual practice and supply their audit data at the end of a 6 month period.
The trial will take place over a six-month period.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
The primary outcome measure will be the percentage of missed first appointments compared with corresponding pre-trial periods. The waiting list and the audited quit rates will also be examined. Analysis will also compare the questionnaire scores with a successful quit attempt. It is anticipated that this will be used to contribute to the validation of the questionnaire.
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/10/2006
Overall trial end date
30/09/2007
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Patients who think they may like to make an appointment for the smoking advice sessions in 15 Bristol general practices.
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Adult
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
Not provided at time of registration
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/10/2006
Recruitment end date
30/09/2007
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Air Balloon Surgery
Bristol
BS5 7PD
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2007 Update - Department of Health
Sponsor details
The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7307 2622
dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
Air Balloon Surgery
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Funder name
Avon Primary Care Research Collaborative
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list