Randomised controlled trial of smoking cessation intervention after admission for XXXX .

@entity1 @entity583 @entity1459 @entity301
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether a nurse led smoking cessation intervention affects smoking cessation rates in @entity1 admitted for @entity301 . DESIGN: Randomised controlled trial. SETTING: Cardiac ward of a general hospital, Norway. @entity1 : 240 smokers aged under 76 years admitted for @entity583 , @entity1459 , or cardiac bypass surgery. 118 were randomly assigned to the intervention and 122 to usual care (control group). INTERVENTION: The intervention was based on a booklet and focused on fear arousal and prevention of relapses. The intervention was delivered by cardiac nurses without special training. The intervention was initiated in hospital, and the @entity1 were contacted regularly for at least five months. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Smoking cessation rates at 12 months determined by self report and biochemical verification. RESULTS: 12 months after admission to hospital, 57% (n = 57/100) of @entity1 in the intervention group and 37% (n = 44/118) in the control group had quit smoking (absolute risk reduction 20%, 95% confidence interval 6% to 33%). The number needed to treat to get one additional @entity1 who would quit was 5 (95% confidence interval, 3 to 16). Assuming all dropouts relapsed at 12 months, the smoking cessation rates were 50% in the intervention group and 37% in the control group (absolute risk reduction 13%, 0% to 26%). CONCLUSION: A smoking cessation programme delivered by cardiac nurses without special training, significantly reduced smoking rates in @entity1 12 months after admission to hospital for @entity301 .
