A randomized controlled trial of an individualized motivational intervention on smoking cessation for parents of sick children: a pilot study

Chan, Sophia S.C.; Lam, Tai Hing; Salili, Farideh; Leung, Gabriel M.; Wong, David C.N.; Botelho, Rick J.; Lo, Shiu Lai; Lau, Yu Lung

doi:10.1016/j.apnr.2005.01.002

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Volume 18, Issue 3 , Pages 178-181, August 2005

A randomized controlled trial of an individualized motivational intervention on smoking cessation for parents of sick children: a pilot study

Sophia S.C. Chan, PhD, RN
- Department of Nursing Studies, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Corresponding author.
Tai Hing Lam, MD, MSc
- Department of Community Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Farideh Salili, PhD, SRN
- Department of Nursing Studies, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Gabriel M. Leung, MD, MPH
- Department of Community Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
David C.N. Wong, MSc, GStat
- Department of Nursing Studies, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Rick J. Botelho, BMedSci, BM, BS, MRCGP(UK)
- Family Medicine and Nursing, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14620, USA
Shiu Lai Lo, RN
- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Yu Lung Lau, MD
- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Received 15 November 2004; received in revised form 29 November 2004; accepted 24 January 2005.

Abstract

This is a pilot study of a randomized controlled trial of an individualized motivational intervention (IMI) provided by nurses to help smoking parents of sick children quit smoking. Eighty parents who brought their sick children to the hospital were entered into the study. The intervention group received an IMI from a trained nurse counselor and telephone reminders were given 1 week after the intervention. The quit rate at 1 month was 7.5% (95% CI, 0–21) in the intervention group and 2.5% (95% CI, 0–7) in the control group. Preliminary results indicated that the IMI provided by nurses seemed to be effective in helping resistant parents of sick children stop smoking. They also suggested that it was acceptable and feasible to implement such intervention in a pediatric outpatient clinic/ward in Hong Kong.