title: Efficacy of a smoking prevention programme in Catalan secondary schools: a cluster-randomized controlled trial in Spain.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the efficacy of a school-based educational programme in reducing the incidence and prevalence of smoking in secondary school students (compulsory secondary education: CSE) in Catalonia (Spain).
  
  
  METHODS
  Cluster-randomized controlled trial.
  
  
  METHODS
  Schools in the Tarragona Health Care Region of Spain.
  
  
  METHODS
  All students enrolled in the first year of CSE during the 2007-08 school year in the 29 participating schools (n = 2245); 1583 students completed the follow-up over the 4-year study period (804 and 779 in the control and intervention groups, respectively).
  
  
  METHODS
  Self-reported questionnaires were administered during the first quarter of the 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 school years. A smoker was defined as 'smoking cigarettes daily or occasionally within the past 30 days'. Multi-level logistic regression analysis was conducted to analyse the prevalence and incidence of smoking between the intervention and control groups.
  
  
  METHODS
  A school-based educational programme comprising seven modules, each with a different approach to smoking habits. Each module included activities, work-shops and/or class sessions.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The initial prevalence of smokers in the control and intervention groups who completed the follow-up was 3.9% and 4.2%, respectively. At the end of the study, the prevalence of smokers was 24.4% in the control group and 19.9% in the intervention group. The accumulated incidence of new smokers was 230.57/1000 in the control group and 183.65/1000 in the intervention group. The adjusted odds ratio (OR) comparing the intervention group with the control group was 0.75 [95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.49, 1.15] for smoking prevalence, and 0.74 (95% CI = 0.48, 1.14) for smoking incidence.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A school-based educational intervention for secondary school students in Catalonia, Spain was not found to lead to a statistically significant reduction of smoking prevalence and incidence.
authors.affiliation: Primary Care Department, Camp de Tarragona, Institut Català de la Salut, Catalonia, Spain; Unitat de Suport a la Recerca Tarragona-Reus, Institut Universitari d'Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol (IDIAP Jordi Gol), Tarragona, Spain.
authors.forename: Empar
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Valdivieso López
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rey-Reñones
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rodriguez-Blanco
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ferre Grau
authors.forename: Victoria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Arija
authors.forename: Maria Luisa
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Barrera Uriarte
authors.forename: Esther
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Granado-Font
authors.forename: Gemma
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Flores-Mateo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012572:School Health Services; D012574:Schools; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Adolescents; cluster randomized clinical trial; nurses; primary health care; school; smoking