Increasing Smoking Cessation Counselling in Primary Care Using a Chronic Disease Management System

Sponsor
McMaster University (Other)
Overall Status
Unknown status
CT.gov ID
NCT01004276
Collaborator
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (Other)
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Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

This pilot study will determine the feasibility of studying a new smoking cessation management module in an existing chronic disease management system. The new module is intended to help healthcare providers deliver more smoking cessation counselling to their patients.

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase
  • Other: New, improved smoking cessation management module
N/A

Study Design

Study Type:
Interventional
Anticipated Enrollment :
10 participants
Allocation:
Randomized
Intervention Model:
Parallel Assignment
Masking:
None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose:
Health Services Research
Official Title:
A Cluster Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial of the Effect of a New, Improved Smoking Cessation Management Module, Compared With Use of the Standard Version of Such a Management Module, on Smoking Counselling Initiation and Continuation Rates in Primary Care Practices Currently Using P-PROMPT Chronic Disease Management System in Ontario
Study Start Date :
Nov 1, 2009
Anticipated Primary Completion Date :
Apr 1, 2010
Anticipated Study Completion Date :
Apr 1, 2010

Arms and Interventions

Arm Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Improved module

Other: New, improved smoking cessation management module
The intervention that will be tested is an improved smoking cessation management module in an existing chronic disease management system, P-PROMPT CDMS. This module includes the following components: a) the Patient Care Status and Update Form, b) the smoking registry and c) patient prompts.

No Intervention: Standard module

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

  1. Smoker Identifying Cards [3 months post-intervention]

  2. Chronic disease management system's activity log [monthly post-intervention]

Secondary Outcome Measures

  1. Smoking cessation counselling billing codes from physician's remittance advice files [monthly post-intervention]

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:
N/A and Older
Sexes Eligible for Study:
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Yes
Inclusion Criteria:
  • Physician subscribers to P-PROMPT CDMS
Exclusion Criteria:
  • Paper users

  • Physicians expected to retire during the course of the study

  • Physicians whose billing files are not set-up with DataSynch

Contacts and Locations

Locations

Site City State Country Postal Code
1 McMaster University Hamilton Ontario Canada L8S 4L8
2 Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Toronto Ontario Canada M5S 2S1

Sponsors and Collaborators

  • McMaster University
  • Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Natalie T. MacLeod, M.Sc. Candidate, McMaster University
  • Principal Investigator: Rolf J. Sebaldt, MD, McMaster University
  • Principal Investigator: Peter Selby, MD, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.
Responsible Party:
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT01004276
Other Study ID Numbers:
  • 09-341
First Posted:
Oct 29, 2009
Last Update Posted:
Oct 29, 2009
Last Verified:
Oct 1, 2009

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Oct 29, 2009