Effects of active referral combined with a small financial incentive on smoking cessation: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Evidence-based smoking cessation treatments are effective but underutilised, accentuating the need for novel approaches to increase use. This trial investigates the effects of active referral combined with a financial incentive to use smoking cessation services on smoking abstinence among community smokers.

Methods and analysis

This ongoing study is a two-arm, assessor-blinded, pragmatic, cluster randomised controlled trial with follow-ups at 1, 2, 3 and 6 months after randomisation. We aim to enrol 1134 daily smokers from 70 community sites (clusters) in Hong Kong. All participants receive Ask, Warn, Advise, Refer, Do-it-again (AWARD) guided advice and a self-help booklet at baseline. Additionally, participants in the intervention group receive an offer of refe

SUBMITTER: Weng X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7592296 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature