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.
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.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
156
Participants in the control group are provided a self-help leaflet on smoking cessation only
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).
School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong
United Christian Nethersole Community Health Service, Kwong Fuk Community Health Centre
Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong
Heavenly Joy Family Clinic
Tin Shui Wai, New Territories, Hong Kong
7-day point prevalence by self report
self-reports on stopped smoking for a consecutive 7 days proceeding to the assessment at 6 months post-intervention
Time frame: at 6 months
validated self-report not smoking measured
Obtaining CO measurement and testing urinary cotinine for those participants who report quitting smoking
Time frame: at 6 months after the baseline
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