Effectiveness of a ‘lung age’ intervention on smoking cessation rate in a Singaporean community

• Register: ISRCTN
• Last refreshed on: 1 March 2022
• Main ID: ISRCTN11953002
• Date of registration: 26/02/2015
• Prospective Registration: No
• Primary sponsor: Alexandra Health National Medical Research Centre - Centre Grant Pitch For Fund 2014
• Public title: Effectiveness of a ‘lung age’ intervention on smoking cessation rate in a Singaporean community
• Scientific title: A pilot randomised controlled trial on the effectiveness of a ‘lung age’ intervention on smoking cessation rate in a Singaporean community
• Date of first enrolment: 01/11/2014
• Target sample size: 108
• Recruitment status: Completed
• URL: https://www.isrctn.com/ISRCTN11953002
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: Pilot randomised controlled trial (Prevention)
• Phase: Not Specified

Countries of recruitment

Singapore

Contacts

• Name: Imran Muhammad

• Name: Wang Wenru

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria:
1. Currently smoking
2. Aged 35 years old and above
3. Able to read and/or speak in English and/or Mandarin

Exclusion criteria:
1. Have a known history of major psychiatric illness
2. History of Respiratory related diseases: COPD, asthma, bronchioectasis
3. Ejection fraction <40 %, or diagnosed with congestive cardiac failure
4. Diagnosed with acute myocardial infarction within 1 month
5. Diagnosed with fluid overload / acute pulmonary oedema
6. Receiving oxygen therapy
7, Recent eye/thoracic/abdominal surgery
8. Chest/abdominal/oral and facial pain
9. Hyperventilation syndrome


Age minimum:
Age maximum:
Gender: Both

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Smoking cessation
Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Smoking cessation

Intervention(s)

A convenience sample of 108 participants will be recruited from population health screenings conducted by a tertiary public hospital in Singapore with 54 participants in the experimental group and 54 in the control group. Participants in the experimental group will receive a Lung age intervention, consisting of lung age determination and education as well as smoking cessation advice, while the researchers will provide those in the control group with the usual smoking education.

Primary Outcome(s)

1. To explore the feasibility of applying the “lung age” intervention among the smoking community in Singapore.
2. To evaluate the effectiveness of the “lung age’ intervention on smoking cessation rates, smoking abstinence self-efficacy and nicotine dependence and among this group of population. Data will be collected at the baseline and again at the third and sixth month follow-ups. Data will be analysed using IBM SPSS 22.

Secondary Outcome(s)

No secondary outcome measures

Secondary ID(s)

N/A

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Alexandra Health NMRC Centre Grant Pitch For Fund 2014

Ethics review

Status:
Approval date:
Contact:

Singapore National Health Group Domain Specific Review Board (DSRB) - Domain F NHG DSRB, 04/09/2014, ref: 2014/00711

Results

• Results available: Yes
• Date Completed: 03/09/2015