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. 2023 Jun 7;4:61. doi: 10.1186/s43058-023-00444-0

Table 2.

Outcome measures by period and data source

Baseline Follow-up
Outcome measures 6 months 12 months Data source
Health outcomes
 Smoking status Employee questionnaire
 Cotinine-validated 7-day point-prevalence abstinence rate

Employee questionnaire

Biochemical test

 30-day point-prevalence of smoking abstinence Employee questionnaire
 Three-month point-prevalence abstinence rate Employee questionnaire
 Six-month point-prevalence abstinence rate Employee questionnaire
 Three months prolonged abstinence rate Employee questionnaire
 Six months prolonged abstinence rate Employee questionnaire
 Proportion of nicotine patches and gum use Employee questionnaire
 Proportion of quit attempts Employee questionnaire
 Number of cigarettes or capsules Employee questionnaire
Implementation outcomes
 Adoption of two recommended measures Workplace questionnaire
 Penetration of smoking cessation clinic visits Employee questionnaire
Process outcomes
 Adherence (content) (e.g., Was each recommended measure implemented as planned?)

Workplace tobacco control checklist

Interventionists’ notes

 Adherence (frequency/duration) (e.g., Were the recommended measures implemented as often and for as long as planned?)

Health manager’s logbooks

Interventionists’ notes

 Adherence (coverage) (e.g., What proportion of employees who smoke participated in the cessation campaigns?)

Health manager’s logbooks

Interventionists’ notes

 Potential moderators (responsiveness) (e.g., How did employees who smoke engage with the smoking cessation campaigns?)

Semi-structures interviews

Interventionists’ notes

 Potential moderators (complexity) (e.g., How complex is the intervention?)

Semi-structures interviews

Interventionists’ notes

 Potential moderators (comprehensiveness) (e.g., How specific is the interventions description?)

Semi-structures interviews

Interventionists’ notes

 Potential moderators (strategies) (e.g., What strategies were used to support implementation?)

Semi-structures interviews

Health manager’s logbooks

Interventionists’ notes

 Potential moderators (quality) (e.g., How was the quality of the delivery of intervention components?)

Semi-structures interviews

Health manager’s logbooks

Interventionists’ notes

 Potential moderators (recruitment) (e.g., What constituted barriers to maintaining involvement of employees?)

Semi-structures interviews

Health manager’s logbooks

Interventionists’ notes

 Potential moderators (context) (e.g., What factors at political, economic, organizational, and work group levels affected the implementation?)

Semi-structures interviews

Health manager’s logbooks

Interventionists’ notes

Cost outcomesa
 Employees’ direct medical costs Health Insurance database
 The mean values and response rates for basic health check-up items Health Insurance database
 Workers’ lost productivity (absenteeism, presenteeism) Employee questionnaire
 Cost of implementing tobacco control measures Health manager’s logbooks

Black circles refer to collecting data for the intervention group only, and white circles refer to data collection for both groups

aCost outcome measures will be collected throughout the year from baseline to 12 months