Effectiveness of Medical Student Counseling for Hospitalized Patients Addicted to Tobacco (MS-CHAT): a Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Low-middle-income countries face an enormous burden of tobacco-related illnesses. Counseling for tobacco cessation increases the chance of achieving quit outcomes, yet it remains underutilized in healthcare settings.

Objective

We tested the hypothesis that utilizing trained medical students to counsel hospitalized patients who use tobacco will lead to an increase in patient quit rates, while also improving medical student knowledge regarding smoking cessation counseling.

Design

Investigator-initiated, two-armed, multicenter randomized controlled trial conducted in three medical schools in India.

Participants

Eligibility criteria included age 18-70 years, active admission to the hospital, and current smoking.

Intervention

A medical student-guid

SUBMITTER: Satish P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10247264 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature