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Main ID:  NCT02601599
Date of registration: 03/11/2015
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland
Public title: Medical Student INtervention to Promote Effective Nicotine Dependence and Tobacco HEalthcare MIND-THE-GAP
Scientific title: Medical Student INtervention to Promote Effective Nicotine Dependence and Tobacco HEalthcare: GrAduate Entry Programme (MIND-THE-GAP) Feasibility Randomised Trial
Date of first enrolment: November 2015
Target sample size: 67
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02601599
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Supportive Care. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Ireland
Contacts
Name:     Anne Hickey, PhD
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Affiliation:  RCSI
Name:     Lisa Mellon, PhD
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Affiliation:  RCSI
Name:     Liam Cormican
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Affiliation:  RCSI and Connolly Hospital
Name:     Ken Ward
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Affiliation:  University of Memphis
Name:     Sinead Stynes
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Affiliation:  Connolly Hospital
Name:     Frank Doyle, PhD
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Affiliation:  RCSI
Name:     GEP IC1
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Affiliation:  RCSI students
Name:     Ronan Conroy
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Affiliation:  RCSI
Name:     Seamus Sreenan
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Affiliation:  RCSI and Connolly Hospital
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- All identified inpatient smokers at Connolly Hospital.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Advised by ward manager that patient is too unwell or cognitively impaired, or
otherwise unsuitable;

- Death during hospitalisation;

- Receiving palliative care;

- Under 18 years of age;

- To be transferred to another hospital;

- Not English speaking;

- Refusal to participate;

- Inpatient in psychiatric ward



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Smoking
Intervention(s)
Behavioral: Motivational interviewing
Primary Outcome(s)
Change in Motivation to Stop Smoking Scale (MTSS) [Time Frame: Repeated measures: MTSS scores at baseline, 1-week, 3- and 6-month follow-up.]
Change in motivation to quit [Time Frame: Repeated measures: single item scores at baseline, 1-week, 3- and 6-month follow-up.]
Secondary Outcome(s)
proportion of attending physicians who prescribe cessation medication during the hospitalisation [Time Frame: During hospitalisation (baseline)]
7-day point prevalent abstinence rates [Time Frame: 3- and 6-months]
Proportion of patients who receive a prescription for a cessation medication at the time of discharge [Time Frame: By discharge, an average of 5-10 days post-admission]
proportion of patients who report any use of a prescribed or over-the-counter cessation medication [Time Frame: at 3- and 6-months discharge]
Secondary ID(s)
REC1126
Source(s) of Monetary Support
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Secondary Sponsor(s)
Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown
Health Service Executive, Ireland
University of Memphis
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