Status:
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Designing a Smoking Intervention for Youth Smokers Using Q-Methodology: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Lead Sponsor:
The University of Hong Kong
Conditions:
Smoking (Tobacco) Addiction
Young Adult
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-25 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This study aims to develop a typology-based intervention delivered by smoking cessation (SC) counsellors to prevent smoking relapse in ex-smokers who recently quit. The two main research questions inc...
Detailed Description
Phase 1 Q-method outcomes The outcomes of Phase 1 of this study will be Q-sorts completed by participants which will be inter-correlated producing a matrix for factor rotation and automatic flagging, ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion Criteria (Phase 1):
- Hong Kong citizens
- Have ever habitually used conventional cigarettes in the past year
- Not using cigarettes for the past 7 days
- Aged 18-25
- No barriers in communicating in Cantonese and reading and writing Chinese
- Quit smoking without using cessation services
- Inclusion Criteria (Phase 3):
- Hong Kong citizens
- Have ever habitually used conventional cigarettes in the past year
- Received at least 4 weeks of smoking cessation service before enrolling into the study
- abstained from tobacco use for 7 to 30 days without using any cessation services
- Aged 18-25
- No barriers in communicating in Cantonese and reading and writing Chinese
- Exclusion Criteria (Phase 1 \& 3):
- Have unstable physical or psychological conditions as advised by doctors or counsellors
- Are users of illicit drugs (e.g., heroin, marijuana, ketamine, etc.)
- Have become pregnant in the past two months
- unable to communicate in Cantonese and read Chinese
- Inclusion Criteria (Phase 2) (for SC counsellors) :
- SC counsellors from local SC clinics under HKU Youth Quit Line, Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Integrated Center on Smoking Cessation and United Christian Nethersole Community Health Service
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 15 2025
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
March 31 2027
Estimated Enrollment :
100 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT07178899
Start Date
September 15 2025
End Date
March 31 2027
Last Update
September 17 2025
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LKS Faculty of Medicine
Hong Kong, Hong Kong