Provision of Service of a YQL Programme For Youth Smokers

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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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
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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.

Official Title
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Provision of Service of a Youth Quitline Programme For Youth Smokers

Conditions
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Mental Health Issue

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: 5A's model


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Aged 25 or below Self-reported to smoke any types of tobacco products within the past 1 month Speak Cantonese and Provide verbal consent to counselling service. Exclusion Criteria: have psychiatric disease and/or currently receive any smoking cessation intervention from other service providers

Ages Eligible for Study
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Maximum Age: 25 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Other: 5A's model<br>The practice guideline emphasizes on the use of '5A's' model that contains five major steps in providing smoking cessation counselling. Specifically, our counsellors will take the following steps to provide telephone counselling for youth smokers who are ready to quit smoking | Behavioral: 5A's model<br>* (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.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Self-reported 7-point prevalence | The self-reported abstinence will be validated if the level of carbon monoxide in expired air was less than 4 parts per million and saliva cotinine level was less than100 ng/mL in parallel tests. | at the 6-month follow-up | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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smoking cessation service, youth smoker