CRIB II
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Seeing your smoke – stopping for your baby Addition of indoor air quality measurements to standard smoking cessation care for pregnant women – a pilot study
IRAS ID
143153
Contact name
Steve Turner
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Aberdeen & NHS Grampian
Research summary
The study was about indoor air quality and helping women to quit smoking in pregnancy. More than 85% of smoke was invisible, but it could be measured using indoor air quality (IAQ) monitors. The study team wanted to know whether adding measurements of IAQ in the home to standard care (which involved six weeks of support including motivational interviewing (MI)) was more effective in helping women to quit smoking when they were pregnant when compared with standard care alone. The study team wanted to give women the IAQ monitors so that they could see how smoking in and around their homes affected air quality. As well as finding out whether receiving IAQ measurements helped women to quit, improved air quality in their homes, minimised complications in pregnancy and increased the birth weights of their babies, the research team wanted to ask them how useful the IAQ measurements were and in what ways they used the measurements to help them quit smoking or change smoking behaviour in their homes. The study team also wanted to know if using the kit for this purpose was acceptable to women.
REC name
North of Scotland Research Ethics Committee 2
REC reference
14/NS/0003
Date of REC Opinion
13 Jan 2014
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion