Actively Recruiting
Smoking Cessation for Fathers of Sick Children
Led by The University of Hong Kong · Updated on 2025-06-10
160
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
54 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The project aims to develop and examine the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effectiveness of a proactive intervention model combined brief advice, nicotine replacement therapy sampling and mHealth-based individual counselling in increasing smoking abstinence for fathers of sick children.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Smoking Cessation for Fathers of Sick Children
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Male parent aged 18 years or older who has smoked at least one cigarette daily in the past 7 days
- Living with a child under 18 years old who attended a pediatric clinic or was admitted to a pediatric ward
- Able to read and communicate in Cantonese or Putonghua
- Hong Kong resident
- Owns a smartphone and can use an instant messaging app (e.g., WhatsApp, Facebook)
- Child under 18 years old who attends the clinic or pediatric ward
- Child lives with at least one parent who smokes at least one cigarette daily in the past 7 days
- Child can provide biochemical samples such as saliva for research purposes
You will not qualify if you...
- History of psychiatric or psychological disease or currently taking regular psychotropic medications
- Currently using smoking cessation medications or participating in other smoking cessation services or projects
- Child has serious health diseases such as chronic or genetic diseases
- Child is participating in other clinical trials that may affect this study's results
- Child lives in environments with high contamination or other potential disease-causing factors
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
School of Nursing, The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, 999077
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
S
Shengzhi Zhao, PhD
CONTACT
M
Mengyao Li, MPhil
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Number of Arms
2
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