Implementing smoking cessation guidelines for hospitalized Veterans: Cessation results from the VA-BEST trial.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To examine the impact of a nurse-initiated tobacco cessation intervention focused on providing guideline-recommended care to hospitalized smokers.

Design

Pre-post quasi-experimental trial.

Setting

General medical units of four US Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals.

Subjects

898 adult Veteran smokers (503 and 395 were enrolled in the baseline and intervention periods, respectively).

Intervention

The intervention included academic detailing, adaptation of the computerized medical record, patient self-management support, and organizational support and feedback.

Measures

The primary outcome was self-reported 7-day point prevalence abstinence at six months.

Analysis

Tobacco use was compared for the pre-intervention and intervention

SUBMITTER: Vander Weg MW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5808890 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature