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Table 2 Assessment schedule

From: Care to Quit: a stepped wedge cluster randomised controlled trial to implement best practice smoking cessation care in cancer centres

 

Baseline

7 months

 

a, bDemographic and disease characteristics

X

  

 aCancer site

X

  

 a, bCancer treatment

X

X

 

 aTime since diagnosis

X

  

  a6 month prolonged abstinence (primary outcome)

 

X

 

  Saliva sample or CO breath test (those reporting abstinence)

 

X

 

 aLength of quit attempts

 

X

 

 aHeaviness of smoking index (including CPD)

X

X

 

 aMotivation to Quit

X

X

 

 aSelf-efficacy to quit

X

X

 

 aPerceived benefit of quitting

X

X

 

 aOther smokers in household

X

X

 

 aPerceived social support

X

  

 aRisk perceptions

X

X

 

 aUse of pharmacotherapy

X

X

 

Delivery of cessation support

   

 a, bAdvice to quit

X

X

 

 a, b, cProactive referral to Quitline

X

X

 

 a, bPrescription or provision of pharmacotherapy (including perceived acceptability)

X

X

 

Mental health

 aPHQ-4 (+ 2 items from the PHQ to assess panic attack history)

X

X

 

Substance use

 aAlcohol (AUDIT-C)

X

X

 

 aCannabis use with tobacco q

X

X

 

 aCannabis (First question of CUDIT)

X

X

 

Quality of life

 aFACT–G7

X

X

 

Financial effects

 aFinancial stress scale

X

X

 

 aFinancial distress thermometer

X

X

 

Patient process measures

 aPatient recall of advice to quit

X

X

 

 aPatient recall of referral

X

X

 

 aPatient recall of pharmacotherapy prescription or provision

X

X

 

 aAttitudes and acceptability of receiving cessation support

X

X

 

Cost data

 gResource development, training/meetings, equipment/consumables

 

X

 
 

Baseline

Intervention (12 months duration)

Post-intervention (9–12 months duration depending on step)

Staff Process measures

 dAdvice to quit

X

X

X

 dPerceived competence with providing advice to quit

X

X

X

 dProactive referral to Quitline

X

X

X

 cNumber of calls and total minutes of completed calls

X

X

X

 aQuality of contacts with Quitline and reasons for non-use

X

X

X

 dProportion of smokers with whom staff endorse Quitline

X

X

X

 cInterstate comparability of Quitline protocols

 

X

 

 dPrescription or provision of pharmacotherapy

X

X

X

 dStaff attitudes to pharmacotherapy

X

X

X

 dStaff acceptability of providing cessation support

X

X

X

 dTraining in smoking cessation care

X

X

X

 dExperience and perceptions of Care to Quit intervention

 

X

X

 ePerceived role of system level factors (staffing, leadership, technology, infrastructure)

X

X

X

 fAcceptability, experience of delivering smoking cessation counselling to participants

  

X

  1. aCATI
  2. bMedical record audit
  3. cQuitline data extraction
  4. dOnline staff survey
  5. eKey informant interviews
  6. fQuitline counsellor interviews
  7. gProject records