Helping Hospitalized Patients Quit Smoking
| Status: | Completed |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Tobacco Consumers |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Pulmonary / Respiratory Diseases |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 18 - Any |
| Updated: | 4/21/2016 |
| Start Date: | May 2012 |
| End Date: | November 2015 |
The study is being done to determine whether an in-hospital intervention using a brief
intervention to facilitate quitline utilization will increase quitline utilization by
hospitalized smokers, and will increase post hospital discharge smoking abstinence rates.
Study participants will be randomized to receive either a brief quitline facilitation
intervention , or a control intervention of a brief stop-smoking message.
The study will also compare healthcare costs and utilization in the first six months
following hospitalization between the two groups.
intervention to facilitate quitline utilization will increase quitline utilization by
hospitalized smokers, and will increase post hospital discharge smoking abstinence rates.
Study participants will be randomized to receive either a brief quitline facilitation
intervention , or a control intervention of a brief stop-smoking message.
The study will also compare healthcare costs and utilization in the first six months
following hospitalization between the two groups.
Inclusion Criteria:
Current smoker, Resident of Olmsted County, Inpatient admission to St. Marys or Rochester
Methodist Hospital, Able to participate fully in all study aspects, Available for
follow-up
Exclusion Criteria:
Current active treatment for tobacco use initiated prior to hospitalization
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