Residential Smoking Therapy

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate a pilot 4‐day residential smoking treatment program for smokers who had relapsed after participation in an outpatient smoking program. DESIGN: A single‐arm clinical trial. Participants stayed in a supportive, smoke‐free environment for 4 days during which they attended educati...

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Published in:Journal of general internal medicine : JGIM 2003-04, Vol.18 (4), p.275-280
Main Authors: Green, Amanda, Yancy, William S., Braxton, Loretta, Westman, Eric C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abstinence
Aged
Ambulatory care
Attitude to Health
Behavior Therapy - methods
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiovascular disease
Cigarettes
Confidence Intervals
Diet Therapy - methods
Disease prevention
Humans
Inhalers
Internal medicine
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Nicotine
nicotine replacement
North Carolina
Original
Patient Education as Topic - methods
Patient Education as Topic - statistics & numerical data
Patients
Pilot Projects
Psychologists
Psychotherapy, Group
Recurrence
Smoking - epidemiology
Smoking cessation
Smoking Cessation - methods
Smoking Cessation - psychology
Smoking Cessation - statistics & numerical data
Smoking Prevention
Surveys and Questionnaires
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome
Veterans
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Summary:OBJECTIVE: To evaluate a pilot 4‐day residential smoking treatment program for smokers who had relapsed after participation in an outpatient smoking program. DESIGN: A single‐arm clinical trial. Participants stayed in a supportive, smoke‐free environment for 4 days during which they attended educational sessions on nutrition, exercise, and psychology. Nicotine withdrawal was treated with nicotine inhalers and patches. After discharge, participants attended monthly outpatient group sessions for 6 months. SETTING: The Durham, NC Veterans Affairs Medical Center residential unit. PARTICIPANTS: Twenty‐three medical outpatient smokers. MEASUREMENTS: Seven‐day point prevalence smoking abstinence was determined by self‐report of zero cigarettes smoked and verified by exhaled carbon monoxide
ISSN:0884-8734
1525-1497
DOI:10.1046/j.1525-1497.2003.11114.x