Compliance and Effectiveness of Smoking Cessation Program Started on Hospitalized Patients.
BACKGROUND
Varenicline is now very useful medication for cessation; however, there is only little result of researches with varenicline for cessation of hospitalized patients. This research attempted to analyze the cessation effect of medication and compliance of hospitalized patients.


METHODS
This research included data for 52 patients who were prescribed varenicline among 280 patients who were consulted for cessation during their admission period. This research checked whether smoking was stopped or not after six months and analyzed their compliance, the factors for succeeding in smoking cessation.


RESULTS
One hundred and ninety hospitalized patients participated in smoking cessation counseling among 280 patients who included consultation from their admission departments. And varenicline was prescribed for only 80 patients after counseling. Nineteen smokers were successful in smoking cessation among 52 final participants representing the rating of success of 36.5%. The linkage between compliance of varenicline and rate of smoking successful has no statistical significance. The factors for succeeding in smoking of hospitalized patients are admission departments, diseases, and economic states.


CONCLUSIONS
Smoking cessation program has low inpatient compliance. Cooperation of each departments is very important for better compliance. Success rate of cessation was relatively high (36.5%). Cessation attempt during hospitalization is very effective strategy.
Department of Family Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea.
Gun Hee
GH
Shin
Department of Family Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea.
Sung Won
SW
Yi
Department of Family Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea.
Yoo Seock
YS
Cheong
Department of Family Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea.
Eal Whan
EW
Park
Department of Family Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea.
Eun Young
EY
Choi
Hospitalization; Smoking; Smoking Cessation; Varenicline