Effect of an Inpatient Nurse-Directed Smoking Cessation Program

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of a nurse-directed smoking cessation intervention for adults hospitalized in a small community hospital using a quasiexperimental, prospective, longitudinal design with biochemical validation of self-reported tobacco abstinence. Sixty-eight inpat...

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Published in:Western journal of nursing research 2008-02, Vol.30 (1), p.6-19
Main Authors: Gies, Cheryl E., Buchman, Debra, Robinson, Janet, Smolen, Dianne
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abstinence
Adult
Aftercare - organization & administration
Aftercare - psychology
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Attitude to Health
Community hospitals
Drug dependency units
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Hospitalization
Hospitals, Community
Humans
Inpatients - education
Inpatients - psychology
Intervention
Interventions
Male
Middle Aged
Midwestern United States
Nurse led care
Nurse's Role
Nursing
Nursing Evaluation Research
Patient Education as Topic - organization & administration
Program Evaluation
Quasi-experimental methods
Recurrence
Relapse
Self Efficacy
Smoking
Smoking cessation
Smoking Cessation - methods
Smoking Cessation - psychology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Telephone
Tobacco
Validity
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Summary:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of a nurse-directed smoking cessation intervention for adults hospitalized in a small community hospital using a quasiexperimental, prospective, longitudinal design with biochemical validation of self-reported tobacco abstinence. Sixty-eight inpatients were assigned to either a control (n = 30) or an intervention group (n = 38). The control group received smoking cessation literature. The intervention group received smoking cessation literature and a nursing intervention. Each member of the intervention group was randomly assigned to a one or four telephone call subgroup for post discharge nurse follow-up at 3 months. Fifty-five participants completed the study. Smokers receiving the nurse-directed intervention were significantly more likely to be tobacco abstinent at 3 months (n = 17, 55%) than smokers in the control group (n = 5, 21%). Within the intervention group, tobacco abstinence at 3 months was not significantly different between the one and four telephone call groups. For the total sample, smoking relapse was significantly higher for participants who lived with another smoker.
ISSN:0193-9459
1552-8456
DOI:10.1177/0193945907302729