None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
All hospitals in NSW are working towards becoming “Smoke Free Environments”. Patients are no longer be able to smoke in hospital. The study aims to analyse: - The effectiveness of opportunistic intervention in smokers about to undergo surgery; Perioperative effects (physiological and physical) of short notice cessation of smoking up to six weeks prior to surgery.
Interventions
Participants in the intervention arms receive either a single phone call informing them that the hospital is a smoke free environment and advising them of the desirability of quitting smoking preoperatively; or a combination of individual counselling and nicotine replacement therapy and are seen weekly for 6 weeks and fortnightly for 4 weeks (ie 8 intervention sessions in total).
Sponsors
The Langton Centre
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Nicotine dependence and nicotine tolerance of > 5 cigarettes/day (Fagerstrom test); not currently on NRT; not pregnant/breast feeding; ETOH at recommended safe levels; Social Environment suitable for follow up; not active or unstable medical psychiatric condition; able to meet attendance requirements for study; able and willing to give informed consent; first intervention not < 5 days to DOS; English that does not require an interpreter service, will be given a general anaesthetic.
Exclusion criteria
No exclusion criteria
Outcome results
None listed