title: Evaluation of a (pilot) stage-tailored brief smoking cessation intervention among hospital patients presenting to a hospital pre-admission clinic.
abstract: Despite the significant benefits of advising all smokers to quit, hospital patients who smoke do not systematically receive this advice. This study sought to determine the prevalence of smoking, attitudes of patients towards not smoking while in hospital, and the feasibility and effectiveness of a brief smoking cessation intervention in a pre-admission clinic context. Over 230 smokers received a brief smoking cessation intervention, while a control group (n = 114) received only a free Quit Kit. The age-standardised smoking prevalence was 19%; a further 3% of patients were recent quitters. Most smokers do not expect or experience problems with not smoking while in hospital. Brief smoking cessation advice tailored to stage-of-change by a health worker in a hospital pre-admission clinic significantly increased the quit rates for females.
authors.affiliation: Needs Assessment and Health Outcomes Unit, Central Sydney Area Health Service.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rissel
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Salmon
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Hughes
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009517:New South Wales / Q000453:epidemiology; D016134:Organizational Policy; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010865:Pilot Projects; D015995:Prevalence; D012107:Research Design; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000074606:Smoking Prevention