An observational study of system-level changes to improve the recording of very brief advice for smoking cessation in an inpatient mental health setting.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Smoking prevalence among people with psychosis remains high. Providing Very Brief Advice (VBA) comprising: i) ASK, identifying a patient's smoking status ii) ADVISE, advising on the best way to stop and iii) ACT (OFFER), offering a referral to specialist smoking cessation support, increases quit attempts in the general population. We assessed whether system-level changes in a UK mental health organisation improved the recording of the provision of ASK, ADVISE, ACT (OFFER) and consent to referral to specialist smoking cessation support (ACT (CONSENT)).

Methods

We conducted a study using a regression discontinuity design in four psychiatric hospitals with patients who received treatment from an inpatient psychosis service over 52 months (May 2012-September 2016). Th

SUBMITTER: Spaducci G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7183585 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature