| Source of record | UK Clinical Trials Gateway |
| ISRCTN | ISRCTN05348847 |
| Date ISRCTN assigned | 28/09/2007 |
| Local reference number(s) | N0026186755 |
| Public 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 |
| Scientific title |
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| Acronym | N/A |
| Disease/condition/study domain | Mental and Behavioural Disorders: Smoking cessation |
| 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? |
| Design/methodology | Clustered randomised controlled trial |
| Research ethics review | Not provided at time of registration |
| Countries of trial | United Kingdom |
| Participants - inclusion criteria | Patients who think they may like to make an appointment for the smoking advice sessions in 15 Bristol general practices. |
| Participants - exclusion criteria | Not provided at time of registration |
| Patient information material |
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| Anticipated start date | 01/10/2006 |
| Anticipated end date | 30/09/2007 |
| Status of trial | Completed |
| Target number of participants | Not provided at time of registration |
| Interventions | 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. |
| Primary outcome measure(s) | 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 measure(s) | Not provided at time of registration |
| Sources of funding | Air Balloon Surgery
Avon Primary Care Research Collaborative
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| Sponsor name | Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2007 Update - Department of Health |
| Sponsor details | The Department of Health, Richmond House, 79 Whitehall
London
United Kingdom
SW1A 2NL |
| Sponsor telephone | +44 (0)20 7307 2622 |
| Sponsor fax | +44 |
| Sponsor email | dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk |
| Sponsor website | http://www.dh.gov.uk/Home/fs/en |
| Contact name | Dr Carole Langley |
| Contact details | Air Balloon Surgery
Kenn Road
St George
Bristol
United Kingdom
BS5 7PD |
| Contact telephone | +44 0117 9199914 |
| Contact fax | +44 0117 9086660 |
| Contact email | clangley@airballoon.cix.co.uk |
| More information | For more up-to-date information please go to the ISRCTN link below. |
| Link to record in ISRCTN Register | ISRCTN05348847 |
| Date last extracted from ISRCTN register | 17/04/2008 |
