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Assaf-Harofeh Medical Center |
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Information provided by: | Assaf-Harofeh Medical Center |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00757224 |
Parental smoking is associated with increased frequency of respiratory diseases including hospitalizations in infants. Study hypothesis: Parental education regarding the association between parental smoking and respiratory diseases in the infant, and guidance on ways to decrease smoke exposure by the infant, provided shortly after the infant is born, will decrease infants' morbidity.
Condition | Intervention |
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Tobacco Smoke Pollution |
Behavioral: Guidance |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Prevention, Randomized, Open Label, Parallel Assignment |
Estimated Enrollment: | 150 |
Study Start Date: | October 2008 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | October 2009 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date: | November 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Arms | Assigned Interventions |
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non-smoking: No Intervention | |
smoking parents A: No Intervention | |
smoking parents B: Experimental
Parents will be educated on the hazards of passive smoke exposure and ways to reduce it
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Behavioral: Guidance
Smoking parents will receive education on the association between parental smoking and respiratory morbidity in the infant. They will also be offered ways to reduce smoke exposure of their infants.
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Mothers who are in Maternity ward following birth will fill a questionnaire regarding smoking habits. Parents will be divided into non-smokers and smokers. Half of the smoking mothers will receive guidance regarding the association between parents smoking and respiratory diseases in the infant. They will also get ideas on how to reduce smoke exposure by their infant. 3 months and 1 year later all parents will be contacted by phone and asked about their children's health.
Ages Eligible for Study: | up to 3 Days |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
Contact: Arnon Elizur, MD | 972-8-9779817 | elizura@gmail.com |
Israel | |
Asaf Harofeh Medical Center | |
Zerifin, Israel, 70300 |
Responsible Party: | The institute of allergy and pulmonary medicine, Asaf Harofeh Medical Center ( Arnon Elizur, MD ) |
Study ID Numbers: | 147/08 |
Study First Received: | September 21, 2008 |
Last Updated: | September 22, 2008 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00757224 History of Changes |
Health Authority: | Israel: Ethics Commission |
Smoking Respiration Disorders |