Adult Follow-up of Preventive Study With Brief Smoking Intervention for Adolescents

Smoking Clinical Trial

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Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01348646
• Other study ID #: R08017
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: May 4, 2011
• Last updated: May 31, 2011
• Start date: May 2008
• Est. completion date: May 2010

Study information

• Verified date: May 2011
• Source: Tampere University Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Finland: Ethics CommitteeFinland: Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study was to see whether a brief intervention given in adolescence has an effect on smoking in adulthood. The investigators also wanted to clarify the significance of some known psychosocial risk factors of smoking in adulthood.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 2582
• Est. completion date: May 2010
• Est. primary completion date: May 2010
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 12 Years to 29 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Born on 1979.

• Living in Vaasa, Pietarsaari, Kokkola or Seinäjoki at school age.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Other year of birth.

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Smoking

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Brief intervention
The adolescents were shown a series of photographs of discoloured teeth caused by smoking. Then a mirror was given to the adolescent to let him/her see if similar stains could be seen on his/her teeth. Non-smoking adolescents also received positive feedback for being non-smokers. Duration of a single brief intervention was 2-3 minutes.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Finland	Department of General Practice, Medical School, University of Tampere, Finland	Tampere	Pirkanmaa

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Tampere University Hospital	Medical Research Fund of the Tampere University Hospital, Finland

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Finland, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	being a smoker		29 years	No
Secondary	state of dental health	Decayed Missing and Filled Teeth (DMFT, DMF), Decayed teeth (DT, D), Community Periodontal Index of Treatment Need (CPITN, CPIN)	29 years	No
Secondary	daily smoking		15 years	No
Secondary	amount of cigarettes smoked		29 years	No
Secondary	smoking mother		15 years	No
Secondary	smoking father		15 years	No
Secondary	smoking sister		15 years	No
Secondary	smoking brother		15 years	No
Secondary	smoking best friend		15 years	No
Secondary	smoking best friend		29 years	No
Secondary	willingness to experiment with smoking		15 years	No
Secondary	self-perceived health		29 years	No
Secondary	asthma diagnosis		29 years	No
Secondary	recurrent airway tract infections		29 years	No
Secondary	self esteem	A 10-step questionnaire	15 years	No
Secondary	smoking time		29 years	No
Secondary	received 1-4 brief interventions at school age (Yes/No)		12-15 years	No