NCT05148520

Provision of Service of a YQL Programme For Youth Smokers

Provision of Service of a Youth Quitline Programme For Youth Smokers

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 400 (estimated)
• Sponsor: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 25 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This project is funded by Department of Health. We will run a quitline which provides telephone smoking cessation counseling to youth smokers aged 25 or below. After baseline counseling based on trans-theoretical model, follow-up counseling will be provided by trained counselors (i.e. nursing students or students from other healthrelated disciplines) at 1 week, 1, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months. It is expected that the quitline can assist youth smokers to quit smoking, thus saving the healthcare cost attributed to smoking in long-term.

Detailed description

This project will last for 15 months (from 1st Dec 2020 to 28th Feb 2022). Prior to commencement, a month will be spent on preparation, including setting up the quitline and website, designing and printing publicity materials, connecting with secondary and post-secondary schools and training peer counsellors. We will operate the quitline for 15 months and provide telephone counselling for eligible youth smokers. Self-reported quitters at 6-month follow-up will be invited for biochemical validation.

Conditions

• Mental Health Issue

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	5A's model	(1) Ask - ask youth smokers about their smoking habit, (2) Advise - advise youth smokers to quit smoking, (3) Assess - assess youth smokers about their willingness to quit smoking, (4) Assist - assist youth smokers who are willing to make a quit attempt, and (5) Arrange \- arrange for follow-up.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-11-01
• Primary completion: 2022-12-01
• Completion: 2022-12-01
• First posted: 2021-12-08
• Last updated: 2021-12-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Hong Kong