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. 2019 Nov 21;9(11):e032330. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032330

Table 3.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Outcome Time point Data collection Variables/method
Primary outcomes—pilot study
Feasibility Study completion Database + weekly interview
  • Recruitment rate (number recruited/number screened)

  • Retention rates (number completing last follow-up/number recruited)

  • CO sample rate (actual COs completed/total possible COs)

  • Number of counselling sessions completed

  • Number of women taking NRT

  • Adherence to NRT (proportion of dispensed NRT consumed)113

  • Partners/household members receiving NRT

Acceptability Study completion In-depth interviews and focus groups Qualitative interviews with participants and antenatal staff will explore:
  • Acceptability of the intervention

  • Perceived effectiveness of intervention components

  • Attitudes toward addressing tobacco smoking

  • Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of the intervention as routine antenatal care

Monthly Interview Treatment Acceptability Questionnaire
Secondary outcomes—intervention effectiveness
Changes in tobacco smoking At birth Weekly interview
  • Number of abstinent days (≤5 ppm; actual number of days/total possible number of days)

  • Self-reported 7-day point prevalence verified by CO at birth ≤5ppm

  • Self-reported reduction in number of cigarettes smoked/day in past 7 days at 12 weeks postpartum

  • Changes in management of smoke-free home/cars

Adverse maternal outcomes During pregnancy and to 12 weeks postpartum Medical chart review Participant adverse maternal outcomes will be compared with those of historical controls. The outcomes will incorporate:
  • Rates of miscarriage

  • Ectopic pregnancy

  • Preterm labour and birth

  • Stillbirth

  • Intrauterine growth restriction

  • Placenta praevia

  • Placental abruption and premature rupture of the membranes

Neonatal outcomes At birth and at 12 weeks postpartum Medical chart review Participant newborn characteristics will be compared with historical controls, including:
  • Birth weight

  • Head circumference

  • Gender

  • Gestational age at delivery

  • Malformations (including cleft lip/palate, gastroschisis, heart defects)

  • Sudden infant death syndrome

Economic evaluation Study completion Cost-consequence analysis Costs incurred:
  • Financial incentives

  • NRT and delivery

  • CO monitoring equipment

  • Counselling wages and other associated costs

  • Administration wages and other associated costs

  • Patient costs (out-of-pocket expenses)

  • Overheads


Offsets:
  • Reductions in costs of smoking


Outcomes:
  • Abstinence at delivery

  • Reductions in CO at delivery

CO, carbon monoxide; NRT, nicotine replacement therapy; ppm, parts per million.