Table 1 TIDieR Checklist for the intervention-BISCA.
S. No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
1 | Brief name | Behavioural support Intervention for Smokeless Tobacco Cessation in South Asians (BISCA). |
2 | Why | Focused face-to-face behavioural support for tobacco cessation is very effective in increasing quit rates. Dentists are the first to notice any changes in the oral mucosa due to tobacco use. Most of the treatments require more than one visit. These factors place dentists in a unique opportunist position to identity tobacco users and offer quit advice and support for tobacco cessation. It is recommended that provision of quit advice and support by dentists should be integrated into their routine clinical practice. |
3 | What (materials) | Participants (users): Self-help calendars and take home booklet for the patients. The purpose of the take-home booklet is to reinforce the messages delivered in the sessions. Whereas, the calendar will be given for self – monitoring purpose ‘offered at the quit-session’. Intervention providers (dentists): Practice manual and interactive cards will be given to the participating dentists. |
4 | What (procedures) | Structured behaviour support ‘face-to-face counselling’ will be delivered by dentists in three sessions namely pre-quit, quit and post-quit sessions. Pre-quit session. The activities included in the pre-quit session are aimed to develop the users’ intention to change and to plan and prepare the user for quitting. Quit session. The activities included in this session are centred on a reflection on the preparation and support on the quit day. Post quit session: The purpose of this session is provision of ongoing support and confirmation of abstinence. |
5 | Who will Provide | Dentists trained in delivering BISCA. |
6 | How | BISCA will be delivered as an individual face to face conversation. |
7 | Where | Periodontology and Prosthodontics departments of KCD and SBDC. |
8 | When and How much. | BISCA will be delivered in three sessions. Each session will be delivered before or after the dental treatment is completed (as deemed appropriate by the dentist).Based upon past experience of BISCA in a community setting, the first sessions are expected to last for 4–54 min, the 2nd session is expected to last 5–35 min and the last session is expected to last for 2–22 min. The sessions will scheduled one or two weeks apart. |
9 | Tailoring | The conversation will be tailored to the specific type of ST product used by the patient. Furthermore, the quit advice in the quit-session and continued support offered in the subsequent session will be guided by the level of patients’ motivation and engagement. The duration of the sessions will be dependent upon the interaction between the dentists and patient. |
10 | Modification | N/A |
11 | How well (planned) | Two ‘half-day’ workshop will be arranged to train all participating dentists to deliver BISCA. Training manual will be given to the dentists and they will be strongly advised to adhere to the manual for delivering the intervention. Fidelity to intervention delivery will be assessed via audiotaping the interactions between the dentists and patients. |
12 | How well (actual) | N/A |
