Abstract
Introduction Behavioural counselling is an effective method to improve smoking cessation during pregnancy. Audio recordings of consultations have been used previously to assess fidelity in specialized smoking cessation services, but not in primary care. Aims The study is aimed at assessing the feasibility of audio-recording smoking cessation counselling as part of an intervention in primary care settings and exploring the number and type of behaviour change techniques (BCTs) delivered. Methods This study was a nested feasibility study within a larger trial. Health providers (HPs) and pregnant women were asked to agree or decline audio recording their smoking-related consultations. Data collected included percentage providing consent, number of recordings performed, HP type, and date (pre/post intervention). Interviews were conducted to assess the trial procedures' acceptability. Results Two services provided seven recordings, all pre-intervention. Of the 22 recruited women, 14 consented to being audio recorded (64%) and five provided recordings; of the 23 recruited HPs, 16 agreed (69%), and two provided recordings. Qualitative data suggest that HPs found audio recording difficult to remember. HPs spent on average two minutes discussing smoking and used few BCTs. Conclusions Audio recordings of smoking-related counselling were not feasible as planned. Future research will need to explore acceptable methods to assess BCT use in primary care.
Highlights
Behavioural counselling is an effective method to improve smoking cessation during pregnancy
The Indigenous Counselling and Nicotine (ICAN) Quit in Pregnancy trial is aimed at testing the feasibility of an intervention to improve Health providers (HPs) smoking cessation care with pregnant Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women who smoke in partnership with Aboriginal Medical Services [13,14,15]
22 pregnant women were recruited to the ICAN Quit in Pregnancy trial; 14 provided consent to audio recordings (64%) (Figure 1)
Summary
Behavioural counselling is an effective method to improve smoking cessation during pregnancy. Audio recordings of consultations have been used previously to assess fidelity in specialized smoking cessation services, but not in primary care. The study is aimed at assessing the feasibility of audio-recording smoking cessation counselling as part of an intervention in primary care settings and exploring the number and type of behaviour change techniques (BCTs) delivered. Health providers (HPs) and pregnant women were asked to agree or decline audio recording their smoking-related consultations. Future research will need to explore acceptable methods to assess BCT use in primary care. Behavioural counselling is an effective method to improve smoking cessation rates during pregnancy [3]. Clinical guidelines recommend primary care health providers (HPs) provide brief behavioural counselling [4, 5]. Most smoking cessation interventions do not provide a full description of what was included as part of counselling
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