Trial reportScientific reports2018
Helping cancer patients quit smoking using brief advice based on risk communication: A randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.
- Risk prediction for lung cancer screening: a systematic review and meta-regression.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2026Pooled it
- Effectiveness of nurse-initiated smoking cessation intervention: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2025Pooled it
- Evaluating the Effectiveness of Brief Interventions for Smoking Cessation Performed by Family Doctors.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Pooled it
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- Evidence-based brief cessation advice plus active referral for emergency department patients who smoke: a single-arm, real-world clinical trial.BMC medicine · 2025Trial
- A general health promotion approach to helping smokers with non-communicable diseases quit smoking: A pilot randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in public health · 2022Trial
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- Effectiveness of a Brief Self-determination Theory-Based Smoking Cessation Intervention for Smokers at Emergency Departments in Hong Kong: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA internal medicine · 2020Trial
- Instant messaging-delivered brief motivational interviewing for noncommunicable disease patients with no intention to quit smoking.NPJ digital medicine · 2026Article
- Effectiveness of nurse-run smoking cessation discussions lasting up to 90 minutes: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Tobacco prevention & cessation · 2026Review
- Effective smoking cessation interventions in people with cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Tobacco prevention & cessation · 2025Review
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- Physician-brief advice for promoting smoking cessation among cancer patients on treatment in low and middle-income countries: a scoping review.BMC cancer · 2024Article
- Evaluation of an Early Individualized Integrated Rehabilitation Program versus Standard Rehabilitation Program for Smoking Cessation in 115 Smokers Among 467 Female Breast Cancer Patients 2019-2021 in Slovenia.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2023Article
- Helping patients with chronic diseases quit smoking by understanding their risk perception, behaviour, and smoking-related attitudes.PloS one · 2023Article
- A Descriptive Study on Multiple Health-Risk Behaviors among Chinese Adults in Hong Kong.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Smoking cessation by combined medication and counselling: a feasibility study in lung cancer patients.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2022Observational
- Smoking Cessation in Cancer Survivors.Korean journal of family medicine · 2021Article
- Reach versus effectiveness: The design and protocol of randomized clinical trial testing a smartphone application versus in-person mindfulness-based smoking cessation intervention among young cancer survivors.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2021Article
- Impact of COVID-19 on the Hong Kong Youth Quitline Service and Quitting Behaviors of Its Users.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
This randomized controlled trial aimed to examine the effectiveness of a smoking cessation intervention using a risk communication approach. A total of 528 smoking cancer patients were randomly allocated either into an intervention group (n = 268) to receive brief advice based on risk communication by a nurse counselor or a control group (n = 260) to receive standard care. Subjects in both groups received a smoking cessation booklet. Patient follow-ups were at 1 week and at 1, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months. No significant differences were found in self-reported point-prevalence 7-day abstinence between the intervention and control groups at 6 months (15.7% vs 16.5%; OR 0.94, 95% CI 0.59-1.50). The rate of at least 50% self-reported reduction of smoking at 6 months, was higher in the intervention group than in the control group (16.8% vs 12.3%; OR 1.43, 95% CI 0.88-2.35). The biochemically validated quit rate at the 6-month follow-up was higher in the intervention group than in the control group (5.2% vs 3.8%; OR 1.38, 95% CI 0.60-3.16). These data suggest that advice based on risk communication was not effective for quitting but improved the rate of smoking reduction among smoking cancer patients.
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