Status:
COMPLETED
The Impact of Brief Motivational Counseling for Smoking Cessation in an Italian Emergency Department: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Lead Sponsor:
Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale Amedeo Avogadro
Collaborating Sponsors:
Lega Italiana per la Lotta contro i Tumori
Conditions:
Smoking Habit
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Smoke is still a significant Public Health problem. The Emergency Departments (EDs) could be the ideal setting to set up smoke cessation interventions (high prevalence of smoking patient compared to t...
Detailed Description
The study is a Randomized Controlled Trial performed in Novara (Piedmont, Italy) in the ED of the "Maggiore della Carità" University Hospital and involving the Treatment Center for Tobacco use (CTT) o...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- self-statement as "current smokers" (at least one cigarette per day) during the triage interview;
- age ≥ 18;
- priority code urgency (yellow code) or deferrable urgency (green code) or non-urgency (white code);
- provision of an informed consent.
Exclusion
- priority code emergency (red code);
- altered mental status or history of psychiatric illness;
- inability to understand either written or oral Italian;
- patient already in treatment or follow-up for tobacco addiction;
- patient allocated to a nurse who has not been trained in counseling and does not participate to the study;
- informed consent denied
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 1 2017
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
July 28 2019
Estimated Enrollment :
480 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04107753
Start Date
April 1 2017
End Date
July 28 2019
Last Update
December 24 2019
Active Locations (1)
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Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale "Amedeo Avogadro"
Novara, Italy, 28100