At a glance
ClinicalIndex Comparison Record- ✓VA patient assigned to a clinic offering the program
- ✓Current smoker
- ✓Patient expresses desire to quit smoking
None specified.
Standardized by ClinicalIndex from the ClinicalTrials.gov record · verify against the source.
Telephone Care Coordination to Improve Smoking Cessation Counseling
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Proactive outreach to counseling, Reactive outreach to counseling, and 2 other interventions for Smoking. Completed, enrolled 3,120 participants across 3 sites.
Detailed Summary
TeleQuit is a group randomized trial testing whether a telephone care coordination program increases the rate of smoking cessation treatment for VA patients at study sites. We are testing whether proactive care coordination (counselor initiates the call to the patient) is more effective than reactive coordination (coordinator waits for the patient to call); and whether multi-session counseling is more effective than brief primary care-based counseling plus self-help materials. We randomly assigned study sites to either quitline counseling or brief counseling only. All patients receive brief smoking cessation counseling from their primary care physician, smoking cessation medications (once they are in contact with the VA care coordinator), and a follow-up call at 6 months. Care coordination will be provided by VA clinical staff. Intensive counseling is provided by the California Smokers' Helpline.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
Project staff reach out to engage referred smoker into telephone counseling
Project staff send a letter to referred smoker, asking them to call to engage in telephone counseling
Multi-session telephone counseling, delivered by California Smokers' Helpline
Project staff send out self-help materials for smoking cessation