A programme for reducing smoking in pre-operative surgical patients: randomised controlled trial

Title: A programme for reducing smoking in pre-operative surgical patients: randomised controlled trial
Creator: Wolfenden, L.; Wiggers, J.; Knight, J.; Campbell, E.; Rissel, C.; Kerridge, R.; Spigelman, A. D.; Moore, K.
Relation: Anaesthesia Vol. 60, Issue 2, p. 172-179
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2044.2004.04070.x
Publisher: Blackwell Science
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2005
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).
Subject: smoking; surgery; dependent smokers; nicotine replacement; intervention
Identifier: uon:1578
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/27340
Identifier: ISSN:1365-2044
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