SmokingNCT04025333
Helping Ethnic Minority in Hong Kong to Quit Smoking by Understanding Their Knowledge, Attitude and Behavior Related to Smoking
An observational study of Smoking, run by The University of Hong Kong at 1 site in Hong Kong.
Trial summary
This study aims at understanding the needs and concerns of the ethnic minority in Hong Kong, including their behavior, attitudes, and experiences related to smoking and smoking cessation. Specifically, how the level of smoking-related knowledge among them differ from the rest of the Hong Kong people, will be explored. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- Smoking
- How many people
- 30 participants
- Where
- 1 siteHong Kong
- Study dates
- 18 Sep 2018to 31 Aug 2019
- Phase
- Observational
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Study population: This study only focuses on ethnic minorities. Ethnic minorities refer to persons who reported themselves being of non-Chinese ethnicity in the Population Census/By-census.
Who may be able to join
- Only smokers with South Asian(Pakistani, Indian, or Nepalese)backgrounds
- Willing to participate
- aged 18 years or above
- able to speak English
- smoke at least one cigarette per day for the past 3 months
Who cannot join
- Domestic workers, asylum seekers, refugees, or illegal immigrants, individuals with other ethnic backgrounds, i.e., Africans
- Cannot speak English
- poor cognitive state or active psychotic symptoms, i.e. hallucination, illusion and delusion, noted in the medical records.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
This study aims at understanding the needs and concerns of the ethnic minority in Hong Kong, including their behavior, attitudes, and experiences related to smoking and smoking cessation. Specifically, how the level of smoking-related knowledge among them differ from the rest of the Hong Kong people, will be explored. In addition, whether Hong Kong smoking policy influenced the smoking pattern of them will be investigated.
Read the detailed description
Cigarette smoking is the most significant preventable cause of death and disease, causing 6 million deaths annually worldwide. Despite the fact that tobacco use in Hong Kong has been decreased from 23.3% in 1982 to 10.1% in 2017, the remaining 620 600 daily smokers[3] cannot be overlooked or undervalued.
Hong Kong is a predominantly Chinese society, but it has a sizeable South Asian ethnic minority (EM). According to the Census \& Statistics Department, the number of ethnic minorities in Hong Kong increased significantly by 70.8% over the past 10 years. Nevertheless, few smoking and health promotion activities and smoking cessation services have been tailor-made for ethnic minorities in Hong Kong. The barrier of supplying smoking cessation service to the ethnic minority group is that their smoking motivation, willingness to quit, obstacles of quit smoking, attitude towards Hong Kong tobacco law and smoking cessation services are not sure. This will be the first research exploring their knowledge, attitude and experience of cigarette smoking.
- Conditions
- Smoking
- Keywords
- Smoking Cessation
- Medical subject headings
- Smoking, Smoking Cessation
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
The smoking behaviour among ethnic minorities in Hong Kong.
Participants were asked about:
- The reasons started smoking and the reasons keep smoking behaviour.
- The cigarette consumption, the type of cigarettes consumed and the smoking area of ethnic minorities.
- The number of quit attempts, the motivation to quit smoking, the ways they overcome withdraw symptoms and depression symptoms as well as reasons they failed to quit.
- The reason they don't want to quit smoking.
- Whether the above items have changed after they moved from their original countries to Hong Kong.
Measured: at the baseline
The knowledge of the risk of smoking in ethnic minorities in Hong Kong.
Participants were asked about their knowledge of the risk of smoking.
Measured: at the baseline
Attitudes towards smoking, tobacco control and smoking cessation in ethnic minorities in Hong Kong.
Participants were asked about
- The attitudes towards smoking, tobacco control policy and smoking cessation.
- Their family members' and peers' attitude to their smoking behaviour.
Measured: at the baseline
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted18 Jul 2019
- Study start18 Sep 2018
- Primary completion18 Apr 2019
- Study completion31 Aug 2019
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for SmokingStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by The University of Hong KongThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Observational
- Observational model
- Case only
- Time perspective
- Prospective
- Enrolment
- 30 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Ho Cheung William Li, PhD, Principal investigator, The University of Hong Kong
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04025333
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- UW 18-514
- Status last verified
- Apr 2020
- First submitted
- 10 Jun 2019
- Last updated
- 21 Apr 2020
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Yes: The relevant anonymized patient level data, full dataset, technical appendix, and statistical code are available on reasonable request. The approval from the Principal Investigator for the purpose of data use is required.
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 21 Apr 2020. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Helping Ethnic Minority in Hong Kong to Quit Smoking by Understanding Their Knowledge, Attitude and Behavior Related to Smoking
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04025333
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- UW 18-514
- Conditions
- Smoking
- Keywords
- Smoking Cessation
- Study type
- Observational
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 30 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- The University of Hong KongUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 18 Sep 2018 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 18 Apr 2019 (actual)
- Study completion
- 31 Aug 2019 (actual)
- First posted
- 18 Jul 2019 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
This study aims at understanding the needs and concerns of the ethnic minority in Hong Kong, including their behavior, attitudes, and experiences related to smoking and smoking cessation. Specifically, how the level of smoking-related knowledge among them differ from the rest of the Hong Kong people, will be explored. In addition, whether Hong Kong smoking policy influenced the smoking pattern of them will be investigated.
Detailed description
Cigarette smoking is the most significant preventable cause of death and disease, causing 6 million deaths annually worldwide. Despite the fact that tobacco use in Hong Kong has been decreased from 23.3% in 1982 to 10.1% in 2017, the remaining 620 600 daily smokers[3] cannot be overlooked or undervalued.
Hong Kong is a predominantly Chinese society, but it has a sizeable South Asian ethnic minority (EM). According to the Census \& Statistics Department, the number of ethnic minorities in Hong Kong increased significantly by 70.8% over the past 10 years. Nevertheless, few smoking and health promotion activities and smoking cessation services have been tailor-made for ethnic minorities in Hong Kong. The barrier of supplying smoking cessation service to the ethnic minority group is that their smoking motivation, willingness to quit, obstacles of quit smoking, attitude towards Hong Kong tobacco law and smoking cessation services are not sure. This will be the first research exploring their knowledge, attitude and experience of cigarette smoking.
Study design
- Observational model
- Case only
- Time perspective
- Prospective
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
- Study population
- This study only focuses on ethnic minorities. Ethnic minorities refer to persons who reported themselves being of non-Chinese ethnicity in the Population Census/By-census.
Key inclusion criteria (5 listed)
- Only smokers with South Asian(Pakistani, Indian, or Nepalese)backgrounds
- Willing to participate
- aged 18 years or above
- able to speak English
- smoke at least one cigarette per day for the past 3 months
Key exclusion criteria (3 listed)
- Domestic workers, asylum seekers, refugees, or illegal immigrants, individuals with other ethnic backgrounds, i.e., Africans
- Cannot speak English
- poor cognitive state or active psychotic symptoms, i.e. hallucination, illusion and delusion, noted in the medical records.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Primary outcome
The smoking behaviour among ethnic minorities in Hong Kong.
Time frame: at the baseline
Participants were asked about: 1. The reasons started smoking and the reasons keep smoking behaviour. 2. The cigarette consumption, the type of cigarettes consumed and the smoking area of ethnic minorities. 3. The number of quit attempts, the motivation to quit smoking, the ways they overcome withdraw symptoms and depression symptoms as well as reasons they failed to quit. 4. The reason they don't want to quit smoking. 5. Whether the above items have changed after they moved from their original countries to Hong Kong.
The knowledge of the risk of smoking in ethnic minorities in Hong Kong.
Time frame: at the baseline
Participants were asked about their knowledge of the risk of smoking.
Attitudes towards smoking, tobacco control and smoking cessation in ethnic minorities in Hong Kong.
Time frame: at the baseline
Participants were asked about 1. The attitudes towards smoking, tobacco control policy and smoking cessation. 2. Their family members' and peers' attitude to their smoking behaviour.
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 21 Apr 2020.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Yes. The relevant anonymized patient level data, full dataset, technical appendix, and statistical code are available on reasonable request. The approval from the Principal Investigator for the purpose of data use is required.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Ho Cheung William Li, PhD principal investigator
The University of Hong Kong
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
An observational study of Smoking, run by The University of Hong Kong at 1 site in Hong Kong.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 5 inclusion and 3 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 21 Apr 2020. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Hong Kong. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
The smoking behaviour among ethnic minorities in Hong Kong. (time frame: at the baseline). The study lists 3 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 21 Apr 2020.