Smoking behaviours of Hong Kong Chinese hospitalised patients and predictors of smoking abstinence after discharge: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Patients admitted to hospitals represent an excellent teachable moment for smoking cessation, as they are required to abstain from tobacco use during hospitalisation. Nevertheless, smoking behaviours of hospitalised patients, and factors that lead to smoking abstinence thereafter, remain relatively underexplored, particularly in a Hong Kong Chinese context. This study aimed to examine the smoking behaviours of hospitalised patients and explore factors leading to their abstaining from cigarette use after being hospitalised.

Design

A cross-sectional design was employed.

Setting

This study was conducted in three outpatient clinics in different regions in Hong Kong.

Participants

A total of 382 recruited Chinese patients.

Primary and secondary outcome

SUBMITTER: Ho KY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6303614 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature