title: [Smoking intervention among hospital staff at the H:S Bispebjerg Hospital. Toward a non-smoking hospital--short-term results].
abstract: As part of aiming towards a non-smoking hospital environment, staff at a Copenhagen university hospital were offered participation in a differentiated smoking cessation programme. This consisted of lectures, group therapy, follow-up visits and individually tailored nicotine replacement therapy free-of-charge for six weeks. Three hundred and seventy-four employees started the programme, with 353 continuing for the full six weeks. They were moderately nicotine dependent with a Fagerström score of 5 (0-10). Almost all smoked daily and smoked at work, with 87% having a CO measurement above 5 at the first visit. At six weeks follow-up 209 (59%) were still not smoking and a further seven (2%) had reduced their tobacco consumption substantially. The remainder had started smoking again. Only 10% had a CO measurement > 5 at the end of the study. In conclusion, a combination of theoretical education, individual follow-up visits and nicotine replacement therapy is useful and worthwhile in the effort to support hospital staff in smoking cessation.
authors.affiliation: H:S Bispebjerg Hospital, klinisk enhed for sygdomsforebyggelse.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Backer
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Olsen
authors.forename: H K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Enevoldsen
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Munk
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schiønning
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kann
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mundt
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Agner
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tønnesen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003718:Denmark; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010564:Personnel, Hospital; D016540:Smoking Cessation