Stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial of a smoking cessation counselling training programme for midwives treating women with functional health illiteracy and low socioeconomic status (PROMISE): a study protocol

Table 1 Outcome measures

	Measurements^a
Midwives and OB-GYNs	T0	T1–T4	T5
Background characteristics	x
Number of smoking clients seen in past month	x	x	x
% smoking cessation discussed	x	x	x
% specific/individual strategies for smoking cessation discussed	x	x	x
Use of protocol components	x	x	x
Barriers and facilitators of using protocol elements	x	x	x
Transferral of smoking status to post-natal care	x	x	x
Appreciation of PROMISE			x
Post-natal care and youth health care	T0	T1
Background characteristics	x
Use of protocol components^b	x	x
Transfer of smoking status from midwife	x	x
Transfer of smoking status between post-natal care and youth health care	x	x
Appreciation of PROMISE		x
Pregnant women/mothers	T0	T1	T2
Background characteristics	x
Smoking status	x	x	x
Partner’s smoking status	x	x	x
Exposure to environmental smoke	x	x	x
Perceived health status	x	x	x
Self-efficacy	x	x	x
Perceived health effects of smoking	x	x	x
Baby background characteristics		x
Appreciation of protocol elements		x	x
Use of protocol elements by midwife		x
Use of protocol elements by post-natal care		x
Use of protocol elements by youth health care			x

^aMidwives and OB-GYNs: follow-up at each step (every 2 months); post-natal care nurses and youth health care: before training (T0) and 1 year after training (T1); pregnant women/mothers: after 8 weeks of pregnancy (T0), 2 weeks after delivery (T1), and 6 months after delivery
^bMotivational interviewing techniques only

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