This study addresses an important problem in public health, smoking in diabetics. The morbidity and mortality observed in diabetics is linked to macro and microvascular problems. The consumption of tobacco has a multiplying effect on these vascular problems in diabetics. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of an intensive intervention in tobacco addiction in diabetic patients in primary care.
Other objectives of the study are: 1. To study the effectiveness of an intensive smoking cessation intervention in the evolution of the phases of change, as based on the Prochaska and DiClemente model, in diabetic patients attended in primary care. 2. To evaluate the effectiveness of an intensive smoking cessation intervention in the evolution of tabacco consumption in diabetic patients attended in primary care. 3. To quantify the time spent in the intensive smoking cessation intervention compared with the usual care in primary care.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
722
The intervention is based on lifestyle advice, motivational interviewing and the use of medications, using the Clinical Practice Guidelines of the Catalan Institute of Health. Health professionals in the intervention group receive a training on the abovementioned techniques.
IDIAP Jordi Gol
Barcelona, Spain
Smoking abstinence: Self reported abstinence (6 or more months without smoking) confirmed by an expired air carbon monoxide concentration of 6 parts per millions or less
Time frame: 12 months after initiation of study
Evolution of the phases of change of the Prochaska and DiClemente model
Time frame: 12 months after initiation of the study
Number of cigarettes per day
Time frame: 12 months after initiation of the study
Total time (minutes) spent in the intensive smoking cessation intervention
Time frame: 12 months after initiation of the study
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