title: Effect of an inpatient nurse-directed smoking cessation program.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of a nurse-directed smoking cessation intervention for adults hospitalized in a small community hospital using a quasiexperimental, prospective, longitudinal design with biochemical validation of self-reported tobacco abstinence. Sixty-eight inpatients were assigned to either a control (n = 30) or an intervention group (n = 38). The control group received smoking cessation literature. The intervention group received smoking cessation literature and a nursing intervention. Each member of the intervention group was randomly assigned to a one or four telephone call subgroup for post discharge nurse follow-up at 3 months. Fifty-five participants completed the study. Smokers receiving the nurse-directed intervention were significantly more likely to be tobacco abstinent at 3 months (n = 17, 55%) than smokers in the control group (n = 5, 21%). Within the intervention group, tobacco abstinence at 3 months was not significantly different between the one and four telephone call groups. For the total sample, smoking relapse was significantly higher for participants who lived with another smoker.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, The University of Toledo, Ohio 43614-5803, USA. cheryl.gies@utoledo.edu
authors.forename: Cheryl E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Gies
authors.forename: Debra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Buchman
authors.forename: Janet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.forename: Dianne
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Smolen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000359:Aftercare / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015146:Midwestern United States; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012008:Recurrence; D020377:Self Efficacy; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013689:Telephone