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Recruitment Into a Cessation Trial Via the New Zealand Quitline: Many Benefits, Few Limitations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2012

Chris Bullen ,
Colin Howe ,
Michele Grigg ,
Frances Phillips ,
Rose Silcock ,
Marewa Glover ,
Hayden McRobbie  and
Robyn Whittaker
Chris Bullen*
Affiliation:
Clinical Trials Research Unit, School of Population Health, University of Auckland, New Zealand. [email protected]
Colin Howe*
Affiliation:
Clinical Trials Research Unit, School of Population Health, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Michele Grigg
Affiliation:
The Quit Group, Wellington, New Zealand.
Frances Phillips
Affiliation:
The Quit Group, Wellington, New Zealand.
Rose Silcock
Affiliation:
The Quit Group, Wellington, New Zealand.
Marewa Glover
Affiliation:
Auckland Tobacco Control Research Centre, School of Population Health, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Hayden McRobbie*
Affiliation:
Clinical Trials Research Unit, School of Population Health, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Robyn Whittaker*
Affiliation:
Clinical Trials Research Unit, School of Population Health, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
*
*Address for correspondence: Drs Bullen, Howe, McRobbie and Whittaker, Clinical Trials Research Unit, School of Population Health, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1072, New Zealand.
*Address for correspondence: Drs Bullen, Howe, McRobbie and Whittaker, Clinical Trials Research Unit, School of Population Health, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1072, New Zealand.
*Address for correspondence: Drs Bullen, Howe, McRobbie and Whittaker, Clinical Trials Research Unit, School of Population Health, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1072, New Zealand.
*Address for correspondence: Drs Bullen, Howe, McRobbie and Whittaker, Clinical Trials Research Unit, School of Population Health, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1072, New Zealand.
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Abstract

Objective: To report on the use of the New Zealand Quitline for recruiting participants to a smoking cessation trial. Methods: Analysis of data on trial recruitment and randomisation. Results: 68% of 26,369 callers to the New Zealand Quitline over 12 months indicated an interest in taking part in research, 28% of whom met eligibility criteria for a cessation intervention trial, assessed on the data routinely collected at Quitline registration. Of these, 1317 (26%) were contacted by call back with 1027 (78%) agreeing to take part in the trial. After further eligibility checking 851 people were randomised. Weighting of calls ensured that 25% of participants were Maori. Conclusions: Quitlines have good potential to be an effective means of randomising participants into cessation trials and ensuring adequate representation of underrepresented population groups.

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Information
Journal of Smoking Cessation , Volume 3 , Issue 1 , 01 April 2008 , pp. 30 - 34
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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