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Title
A programme for reducing smoking in pre-operative surgical patients: randomised controlled trial
Author/Creator
Wolfenden, Luke;  Wiggers, John;  Knight, Jennifer;  Campbell, Elizabeth;  Rissel, C.;  Kerridge, R.;  Spigelman, Allan David;  Moore, K.
Description
We assessed the efficacy of a comprehensive programme for stopping smoking in 210 smokers scheduled for surgery, before admission and 3 months after attending a pre-operative clinic. Participants were randomly allocated to receive an intervention incorporating nicotine replacement therapy for patients smoking more than 10 cigarettes per day ('dependent smokers'), or to a control group to receive usual care. Dependent smokers allocated to the intervention group were more likely to report abstinence before surgery than those allocated to receive usual-care (63 (73%) vs. 29 (56%), respectively; OR 2.2 (95% CI 1.0-4.8)), and 3 months after attendance (16 (18%) vs. 3 (5%), respectively; OR = 3.9 (95% CI 1.0-21.7).
Relation
Anaesthesia Vol. 60, no. 2, p. 172-179
Date
2005
Publisher
Blackwell Science
Keyword(s)
cessation program;  cigarette smoking;  hospital patients;  health promotion;  clinical trial;  intervention;  telephone;  smokers;  nurse;  pilot
Resource Type
journal article
Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/24569
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ISSN:1365-2044
Language
eng
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