We Can Quit2 (WCQ2): a community-based intervention on smoking cessation for women living in disadvantaged areas of Ireland-study protocol for a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in Ireland with almost 6000 smokers dying each year from smoking-related diseases. The 'We Can Quit2' (WCQ2) study is a pilot pragmatic two-arm, parallel-group, cluster randomised trial that aims to explore the feasibility and acceptability of trial processes including recruitment and to estimate parameters to inform sample size estimates needed for an effectiveness trial. This future trial will assess the effectiveness of a community-based smoking cessation intervention for women living in disadvantaged areas on short- and medium-term cessation rates.

Methods/design

Four matched pairs of districts (eight clusters) selected by area level of deprivation, geographical proximity, and eligibility for free medical s

SUBMITTER: Hayes C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6875165 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature