- 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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