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Table 1 Overview of measurements per visit

From: Efficacy of confrontational counselling for smoking cessation in smokers with previously undiagnosed mild to moderate airflow limitation: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial

Measurement

Baseline visit

Follow-up visit 1 (day 50)

Follow-up visit 2 (day 197)

Follow-up visit 3 (day 379)

Demographic characteristics

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Smoking:

    

   Tobacco use and quit attempts [41]

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   Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND) [42]

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Health perception: (self-constructed questions)

    

   health concerns

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   risk perception

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   self-exempting beliefs

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Respiratory health complaints:

    

   COPD diagnostic questionnaire [43, 44]

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   Medical Research Council (MRC) dyspnoea scale [45, 46]

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   Clinical COPD Questionnaire (CCQ) [47, 48]

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Health-related quality of life:

    

   EuroQol (EQ-5D) [39, 40]

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   Short-form 36-item questionnaire (SF-36) [49, 50]

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   Chronic Respiratory Questionnaire self-reported (CRQ-SR) [51, 52]

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Mental health:

    

   Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) [53]

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   Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) [54–56]

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Cost diary: measurement of direct en indirect medical and non-medical costs [38]

 

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Physical measurements:

    

   Physical height and weight

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   Post-bronchodilator spirometry

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   Urine cotinine (only in self-reported quitters)

 

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