Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Lindsey Dow
ORCID ID
Contact details
North Bristol NHS Trust
Care of the Elderly
Directorate of Medical Services
Frenchay Hospital
Bristol
BS16 1LE
United Kingdom
+44 (0)117 9701212 x 2077
abc@email.com
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
R/19/16-12-94/DOW/D
Study information
Scientific title
Frenchay family and friends health promotion study
Acronym
Study hypothesis
To identify the effectiveness of two interventions that aimed to promote smoking cessation among adult smokers visiting friends or relatives who were hospital in-patients.
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Hospitals
Trial type
Not Specified
Patient information sheet
Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet
Condition
Mental and behavioural disorders: addiction
Intervention
1. (SN) screened by a specialist nurse, and then offered a minimum of three further appointments with the specialist nurse over a 12-month period, in which participants were given counselling regarding smoking cessation and other appropriate behavioural change, supported by appropriate health education material.
2. (GP) screened and counselled by a specialist nurse on one occasion and then advised to seek further advice from their GP.
3. Control group receiving no intervention within the 12-month study period.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Applicable
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Smoking status at 12 months follow-up validated by salivary cotinine.
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/06/1995
Overall trial end date
30/09/1998
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Friends or relatives of in-patients at Frenchay Hospital who were smokers
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
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
01/06/1995
Recruitment end date
30/09/1998
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
North Bristol NHS Trust
Bristol
BS16 1LE
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
NHS R&D Regional Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
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
NHS Executive South West (UK)
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