Effects of a Smoking Cessation Program for Prison Inmates

Smoking Cessation Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effects of a Smoking Cessation Program for Prison Inmates-A Case Study of a Prison in Central Taiwan

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01417793
• Other study ID #: DMR100-IRB-129
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• First received: August 14, 2011
• Last updated: August 15, 2011
• Start date: August 2011
• Est. completion date: July 2012

Study information

• Verified date: August 2011
• Source: China Medical University Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Taiwan: Department of Health
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

According to WHO database, an average of 540 million people worldwide dies from smoking related diseases every year. The use of tobacco products may reduce the average life expectancy of about 15 years. The data of 2009 from Department of Health Bureau of Health showed 38.57% male adults and 4.75% female adults smoked in Taiwan. Studies about smoking rate within prison inmates were between 64-91.8%, which was over 3 times than the general population. Smoking cessation can lower the risks of smoking related health problems. Two thirds of smokers in Taiwan once tried smoking cessation but the success rate was about 5% every year.

In view of high smoking rate within prison inmates in Taiwan, Agency of Correction, Ministry of Justice announced a smoking cessation program for inmates in April 2010. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of this program and the difference of cessation success rate between various interventional methods, using questionnaires for smokers and smoking cessation clinics database.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 500
• Est. completion date: July 2012
• Est. primary completion date: May 2012
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Male
• Age group: 20 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Prison inmates with age equal or more than 20 years old and have smoked for equal or more than one year

Study Design

Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Factorial Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Health Services Research

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Smoking Cessation

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Smoking Cessation Program
Comparison of smoking cessation rate among different smoking cessation program

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Taiwan	Taichung Prison,Agency of Corrections, Ministry of Justice	Taichung

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
China Medical University Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Taiwan, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Smoking Cessation Rate		6 months after each subject's enrollment	No