Impact of Smoking Cessation Interventions Initiated During Hospitalization Among HIV-Infected Smokers.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Smoking is a key determinant of mortality among people living with HIV (PLWH).

Methods

To better understand the effects of smoking cessation interventions in PLWH, we conducted a pooled analysis of four randomized controlled trials of hospital-initiated smoking interventions conducted through the Consortium of Hospitals Advancing Research on Tobacco (CHART). In each study, cigarette smokers were randomly assigned to usual care or a smoking cessation intervention. The primary outcome was self-reported past 30-day tobacco abstinence at 6-month follow-up. Abstinence rates were compared between PLWH and participants without HIV and by treatment arm, using both complete-case and intention-to-treat analyses. Multivariable logistic regression was used to determine the

SUBMITTER: Triant VA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7291801 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature