title: [Efficacy of an intervention in smoking cessation in patients with myocardial infarction].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of an structured intervention based on a medical advice versus to the ordinary anti-tobacco advice in patients with miocardial infarction who are attended in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
  
  
  METHODS
  90 patients were randomly selected to receive either the specific intervention (intervention group) or the ordinary advice (control group). The medical advice was given during the ICU hospitalization and during the second, the third and the fourth week. One year later the smoking habit was evaluated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After one year 26 patients of the intervention group and 31 patients of the control group had stopped smoking (RR = 0.88 [CI 95% RR] 0.57 to 1.37).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The percentage of patients who stop smoking after a miocardial infarction is high. The structured medical counselling was not effective to reduce the number of smokers at one year.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos, Complejo Hospitalario San Millán-San Pedro, Logroño, La Rioja. amoreno@hsanmillan.es
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moreno Ortigosa
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Ochoa Gómez
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ramalle-Gómara
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Saralegui Reta
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Fernández Esteban
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Quintana Díaz
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D016540:Smoking Cessation