title: Brief smoking cessation intervention in hospitalized patients with cardiovascular disease.
abstract: The objective of this study was to determine the smoking abstinence rate after hospital discharge in cardiovascular patients who had undergone a brief smoking cessation intervention during hospitalization. The prospective cohort study involved 252 smokers who were admitted to the Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge in Catalonia, Spain. Twenty-four hours after hospital discharge, 76.6% of patients were still abstaining from smoking. At 1, 3, 9 and 12 months, the abstinence rate diminished to 71.4%, 67.2%, 64.1% and 62.2%, respectively. Patients diagnosed with ischemic cardiopathy had a significantly lower probability of a smoking relapse: hazard ratio=0.56 (95% confidence interval, 0.36-0.87). At our center, a brief smoking cessation intervention in cardiovascular patients during hospital admission was found unlikely to result in smoking abstinence following discharge.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Preventiva, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona 08907, España.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Martínez García
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Morchón Ramos
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Masuet Aumatell
authors.forename: Josep M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ramón Torrell
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010351:Patient Discharge; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012008:Recurrence; D016540:Smoking Cessation