Smoking cessation initiated during hospital stay for patients with coronary artery disease: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Programs for smoking cessation for cardiac patients are underused in Canada. We examined the efficacy of an intervention for smoking cessation for patients admitted to hospital for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) or because of acute myocardial infarction (MI).

Methods

Nurses randomly assigned 276 sequential patients admitted because of acute MI or for CABG who met the inclusion criteria. Participants received an intensive or minimal smoking-cessation intervention. The minimal intervention included advice from physicians and nurses and 2 pamphlets. The intensive intervention included the minimal intervention plus 60 minutes of bedside counselling, take-home materials and 7 nurse-initiated counselling calls for 2 months after discharge. The outcomes were point p

SUBMITTER: Smith PM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2696525 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature