Successful Tobacco Dependence Treatment in Low-Income Emergency Department Patients: A Randomized Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Study objective

Tobacco use is common among emergency department (ED) patients, many of whom have low income. Our objective is to study the efficacy of an intervention incorporating motivational interviewing, nicotine replacement, and quitline referral for adult smokers in an ED.

Methods

This was a 2-arm randomized clinical trial conducted from October 2010 to December 2012 in a northeastern urban US ED with 90,000 visits per year. Eligible subjects were aged 18 years or older, smoked, and were self-pay or had Medicaid insurance. Intervention subjects received a motivational interview by a trained research assistant, 6 weeks' worth of nicotine patches and gum initiated in the ED, a faxed referral to the state smokers' quitline, a booster call, and a brochure. Control subject

SUBMITTER: Bernstein SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4819432 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature