Search results for "Smoking Cessation"
Presence of behavioral health condition didn't affect smoking quit rates during hospitalization
Similar rates of tobacco use were seen between inpatients with behavioral health conditions and controls postdischarge. However, after six months, patients with a behavioral health condition were less likely to report abstinence.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/02/14/presence-of-behavioral-health-condition-didnt-affect-smoking-quit-rates-during-hospitalization.htm
14 Feb 2024
Opt-out tobacco cessation treatment before discharge was well-received, study finds
Hospital patients who were randomized to automatically receive nicotine replacement therapy and postdischarge medication and counseling calls unless they opted out were more likely to participate and abstain from tobacco than those who had to opt in to these interventions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/03/08/opt-out-tobacco-cessation-treatment-before-discharge-was-well-received-study-finds.htm
8 Mar 2023
Inpatients more likely to receive nicotine replacement therapy when hospitalists involved
Hospitalists were more likely to provide tobacco cessation counseling to patients who were discharged home and had a minor severity of illness compared to higher-acuity patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/10/24/4.htm
24 Oct 2018
Interactive voice response calls after hospital discharge may help smoking cessation rates
Patients received smoking cessation counseling in the hospital, followed by free smoking cessation medication and five automated interactive voice response calls over a three-month period.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/06/21/2.htm
21 Jun 2017
Discharging ACS patients on varenicline appeared to produce better quit rates than placebo
Patients received varenicline 0.5 mg once daily for 3 days, then 0.5 mg twice daily for 4 days, then 1.0 mg twice daily for the remainder of the 12-week treatment period.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/11/18/2.htm
18 Nov 2015
Phone and medication intervention increased smoking cessation after hospital discharge
A post-discharge intervention increased smoking cessation among recently hospitalized adults who wanted to quit, a recent study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/08/27/3.htm
27 Aug 2014