Engagement and Effectiveness of a Smoking Cessation Quitline Intervention in a Thoracic Surgery Clinic.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Smoking quitline programs effectively promote smoking cessation in outpatient primary care settings.

Objective

To examine the factors associated with smoking quitline engagement and smoking cessation among patients undergoing thoracic surgery who consented to a quitline electronic referral.

Design, setting, and participants

A retrospective cohort study was conducted from January 1, 2014, to December 31, 2018, among 111 active smoking patients referred to the quitline from a thoracic surgery outpatient clinic visit. Patients were divided into operative and nonoperative cohorts.

Main outcomes and measures

Primary outcomes were engagement rates in the quitline program and successful smoking cessation. Secondary outcomes were self-reported point prevalen

SUBMITTER: Mustoe MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7330831 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature