Kramer 2009.
Trial name or title | Effectiveness of a web‐based self‐help smoking cessation intervention: protocol of a randomised controlled trial |
Methods | Study design: randomised controlled trial Recruitment: Participants were recruited over a 1‐year period using advertisements in daily and weekly national or regional newspapers or on the Internet. Enrolment took place by a website |
Participants | Inclusion criteria: Adults aged18 and older who were currently smoking cigarettes or rolling tobacco, were willing to quit smoking within 3 months and have Internet access Exclusion criteria: smokers who were already preparing to stop smoking with the support of a coach, a course of pharmacotherapy, or if they were already enrolled in another smoking cessation study |
Interventions | Intervention: web‐based interactive self‐help intervention (Stop SIte) Control: access to the Dutch online self‐help guide developed by STIVORO |
Outcomes | Primary outcome measure: prolonged abstinence in the past 3 months Secondary outcomes: PPA, number of cigarettes smoked, and incidence of quit attempts at follow‐up assessments Methods of assessing outcome: self‐reported smoking abstinence Methods of follow‐up for non‐respondents: ITT analysis Timing of outcome assessment: 3 and 12 months after 1‐month grace period from starting the intervention after baseline |
Starting date | Trial status completed, only linked publication is published protocol noted in references |
Contact information | jkramer@trimbos.nl |
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