Improving smoking cessation after myocardial infarction by systematically implementing evidence-based treatment methods.

ABSTRACT: We compared the odds of smoking cessation at 2-months post-myocardial infarction (MI), before and after implementing routines optimizing use of evidence-based smoking cessation methods, with start during admission. The following routines were implemented at six Swedish hospitals: cardiac rehabilitation nurses offering smokers consultation during admission, optimizing nicotine replacement therapy and varenicline prescription, and contacting patients by telephone during the 1st week post-discharge. Using logistic regression, odds for smoking cessation at 2-months before (n smokers/n admitted = 188/601) and after (n = 195/632) routine implementation were compared. Secondary outcomes included adherence to implemented routines and assessing the prognostic value of each routine on smoking cessat

SUBMITTER: Leosdottir M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8755785 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature