Smoking Reduction Intervention for Smoking Parents of Paediatric Patients in Hong Kong

Phase 4 Completed 210 enrolled Chinese University of Hong Kong

RandomizedParallel-groupDouble-blindTreatment

Summary

A randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of smoking reduction interventions for smoking parents in paediatric hospital setting in Hong Kong.

Timeline

Start: 2017-02-01
Primary completion: 2019-07-31
Completion: 2019-07-31

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper intervention group had significantly more biochemically validated ≥50% smoking reduction than the control: 27.1 vs. 10.0% (OR = 3.34, 95% CI: 1.16-9.62, P = 0.02). PMID 35498786 ↗

paper self-reported ≥50% smoking reduction was also significantly higher in the intervention group than the control: 51.9 vs. 20.2% (OR = 4.40, 95% CI: 2.38-8.12, P < 0.001). PMID 35498786 ↗

Publications

Dai S, Chan MHM, Kam RKT, Li AM, Au CT, Chan KC. Monthly Motivational Interview Counseling and Nicotine Replacement Therapy for Smoking Parents of Pediatric Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Front Pediatr. 2022 Apr 13;10:798351. doi: 10.3389/fped.2022.798351. eCollection 2022.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Nicotine	Unknown	—	—