None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to explore inpatient psychiatric settings as a platform for initiating smoking cessation treatment to patients smokers. We hypothesise that patients who commence smoking cessation treatment in hospital and receive ongoing support post-hospitalisation will be more likely to quit than smokers who receive standard hospital care only.
Interventions
*Provision of 3 quit smoking pamphlets upon recruitment to the intervention condition
*Active referral to the telephone support Quitline (occurring once at discharge from hospital)
*Up to 16 weeks provision of Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT), including patches, Gum, lozenges and Inhalers.
* A weekly, one hour smoking support group (occurring for 4 weeks in total)
* A one page referral to a general practitioner (GP) and other health professionals (for example psychologists, occupational ther
*Provision of 3 quit smoking pamphlets upon recruitment to the intervention condition *Active referral to the telephone support Quitline (occurring once at discharge from hospital) *Up to 16 weeks provision of Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT), including patches, Gum, lozenges and Inhalers. * A weekly, one hour smoking support group (occurring for 4 weeks in total) * A one page referral to a general practitioner (GP) and other health professionals (for example psychologists, occupational therapists) to inform them of their clients participation in a smoking study. *Telephone support calls, made once every two weeks for up to 4 months.
Sponsors
University of Newcastle
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Primary purpose
Treatment
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Inpatient at mental health hospital, smoker.
Exclusion criteria
non-smoker
Outcome results
None listed