Helping Hospitalized Smokers: A Factorial RCT of Nicotine Patches and Counseling.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Most smokers abstain from smoking during hospitalization but relapse upon discharge. This study tests the effectiveness of two proven treatments (i.e., nicotine patches and telephone counseling) in helping these patients stay quit after discharge from the hospital, and assesses a model of hospital-quitline partnership.

Study design

This study had a 2×2 factorial design in which participants were stratified by recruitment site and smoking rate and randomly assigned to usual care, nicotine patches only, counseling only, or patches plus counseling. They were evaluated at 2 and 6 months post-randomization.

Setting/participants

A total of 1,270 hospitalized adult smokers were recruited from August 2011 to November 2013 from five hospitals within three healthca

SUBMITTER: Cummins SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5031241 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature