Clinical trial NCT03518476: Evaluation of an Intensive Education Program on the Treatment of Tobacco Use Disorder for Pharmacists: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Official title: Evaluation of an Intensive Education Program on the Treatment of Tobacco Use Disorder for Pharmacists: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Smoking Cessation
Lead sponsor: Qatar University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Hamad Medical Corporation
name: Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar
name: International Islamic University Malaysia
name: University of Auckland, New Zealand
First posted: 2018-05-08
Enrollment: 164
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Brief summary: In Qatar, tobacco use is one of the main causes of premature deaths and preventable diseases. As per the 2013 Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS), 12.1% of adults and 20.2% of men in Qatar smoke tobacco, and 55.4% of this smoke an average of 16 cigarettes or more per day. Moreover, 15.7% of school students aged 13 to 15 years currently use some form of tobacco according to the 2013 Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS). In Qatar, tobacco-related diseases including cardiovascular diseases and cancers are highly prevalent. In an effort to reduce tobacco use, Qatar has ratified the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) and has implemented many tobacco control initiatives. In spite of these measures, tobacco use is still rising in Qatar. Pharmacists practicing in retail/community pharmacy are often the first port of call for individuals requiring health advice in general. Evidence has proven that they have a pivotal role in health promotion and disease prevention including tobacco cessation. Hence, pharmacists have excellent opportunities to reduce tobacco use in Qatar. Yet, ambulatory and community pharmacists in Qatar are not sufficiently contributing to tobacco control. Based on published data, only 21% of community pharmacists in Qatar always or most of the time ask patients about their smoking status. Furthermore, when asked about their smoking cessation training, 89% of pharmacists did not receive any kind of education or training about smoking cessation counseling in the past. In an effort to build the capacity of pharmacists in Qatar, the aim of the proposed study is to design, implement and evaluate an intensive education program on tobacco treatment for pharmacists in Qatar. The study will be a prospective randomized controlled trial comparing the effectiveness of the education program on pharmacists' tobacco cessation-related knowledge, attitudes, self-efficacy, and skills.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Retail/community pharmacists practicing in Qatar will be eligible for participation in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

* None

Primary outcomes:
measure: tobacco related knowledge post program
timeFrame: at the end of the program (+ 1 DAY POST THE PROGRAM)
measure: tobacco cessation related skills difference between the 2 groups
timeFrame: at the end of the program (+ 1 DAY AFTER THE PROGRAM)
Secondary outcomes:
measure: tobacco cessation related skills difference between the 2 groups
timeFrame: 3-6 months post intervention
measure: tobacco related self-efficacy difference between the 2 groups
timeFrame: at the end of the program (+ 1 DAY POST THE PROGRAM)
measure: tobacco related attitudes difference between the 2 groups
timeFrame: at the end of the program (+ 1 DAY POST THE PROGRAM)
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Doha
country: Qatar
facility: Qatar Univeristy
Study officials:
References:
citation: El Hajj MS, Awaisu A, Nik Mohamed MH, Saleh RA, Al Hamad NM, Kheir N, Mahfoud ZR. Assessment of an intensive education program for pharmacists on treatment of tobacco use disorder using an objective structured clinical examination: a randomized controlled trial. BMC Med Educ. 2022 Apr 18;22(1):289. doi: 10.1186/s12909-022-03331-9.
citation: El Hajj MS, Awaisu A, Kheir N, Mohamed MHN, Haddad RS, Saleh RA, Alhamad NM, Almulla AM, Mahfoud ZR. Evaluation of an intensive education program on the treatment of tobacco-use disorder for pharmacists: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2019 Jan 8;20(1):25. doi: 10.1186/s13063-018-3068-7.