• Health Promot J Austr · Aug 2008

    Randomized Controlled Trial

    Pilot of a preoperative smoking cessation intervention incorporating post-discharge support from a Quitline.

    • Luke Wolfenden, John Wiggers, Elizabeth Campbell, and Jenny Knight.
    • Hunter New-England Population Health and the University of Newcastle, New South Wales. luke.wolfenden@hnehealth.nsw.gov.au
    • Health Promot J Austr. 2008 Aug 1;19(2):158-60.

    Issue AddressedThe study sought to assess the potential efficacy of a comprehensive smoking cessation intervention for surgical patients.MethodsThe study employed a modified historical controlled trial design. Participants were recruited from a preoperative clinic of an Australian hospital in 2003. Patients allocated to the experimental group received a comprehensive smoking cessation intervention incorporating preoperative computerised smoking cessation counselling, tailored self-help material, brief advice from preoperative clinical staff, NRT, telephone counselling, and proactive post-discharge telephone support from a Quitline.ResultsAt the six month follow-up 12% of 66 usual care control group participants and 25% of 52 experimental group participants reported being abstinent (p=0.07).ConclusionsComprehensive smoking cessation interventions initiated preoperatively and incorporating postdischarge support from a Quitline may be efficacious in increasing smoking abstinence.

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