Skip to main content

Table 2 Interventions and measurements in the follow-up after randomization

From: A randomized clinical trial to determine the effectiveness of CO-oximetry and anti-smoking brief advice in a cohort of kidney transplant patients who smoke: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

 

Basal

3 months

6 months

9 months

12 months

Group allocation and intervention

, Control group:

     

Brief advice on smoking cessation

x

x

x

x

x

, Intervention group:

     

  Brief advice on smoking cessation + CO-oximetry

x

x

x

x

x

Outcome assessment

 Pattern of tobacco use (self-reported tobacco use)

x

x

x

x

x

 Smoking cessation rates

 

x

x

x

x

 Carbon monoxide (CO) levels in exhaled air by CO-oximetry in the intervention group

x

x

x

x

x

 Carbon monoxide (CO) levels in exhaled air by CO-oximetry in the control group

    

x

 Urinary cotinine tests

x

x

x

x

x

 Nicotine dependence (Fagerström test scores)

x

x

x

x

x

 Motivational stages of change (Prochaska and DiClemente’s stages)

x

x

x

x

x

 Motivation for giving up smoking (Richmond test scores)

x

x

x

x

x