Preventive medicine
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Preventive medicine · Mar 2005
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Clinical TrialThe TEAM project: the effectiveness of smoking cessation intervention with hospital patients.
This study evaluated the effectiveness of three smoking cessation interventions for this population: (1) modified usual care (UC); (2) brief advice (A); and (3) brief advice plus more extended counseling during and after hospitalization (A + C). ⋯ These interventions for hospital in-patients did not increase abstinence rates. Features of the study that might have contributed to this finding were the inclusiveness of the participation criteria, the fact that pharmacological aids were not provided, and a stage-matching approach that resulted in less intensive counseling for participants unwilling to set a quit date.