Health Condition 1: null- Hospitalised patients who smoke tobacco
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Behavioural intervention for tobacco cessation: Trained medical students will meet with patients for one inpatient counselling session while hospitalised (for a recommended duration of
Sponsors
SEHAT India
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients age 18-70 years old, who are admitted to the medical, cardiology and /or pulmonology wards. 2. Patients must be current smokers (cigarettes and/or bidis) at the time of admission or report having smoked at all in the last 4 weeks prior to admission (to account for changes in behaviour during illness). 3. Patients living within 10 Km radius of the hospital.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Unwilling to participate 2. Patients who use any form of non-smoked tobacco will be excluded. If the required sample size is not met because of this exclusion criteria, smokers who concurrently chew tobacco will be included. 3. Patients who are concurrently alcohol dependent, current cannabis or psychotropic drug users as per ICD 10. 4. Patients who do not have a telephone/ unable to follow up 5. Patients unable to understand the local/common language 6. Patients with psychiatric conditions rendering them incapable of interacting with the providers 7. Medically unstable patients 8. Patients with expected hospital stay 9. Patients with life expectancy 10. Pregnant patients 11. Patients currently participating in a tobacco cessation program 12. Prior participation in this trial during another hospitalisation
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Patients will be asked to report abstinence from smoking over the past 7 days; this will be confirmed by exhaled carbon monoxide breath testing. Timepoint: 6 months from enrollment | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Medical student knowledge before and 6 weeks after the training workshop. Timepoint: 6 weeks | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDharav Shah
Alcohol and Drug Information Center, India
Outcome results
None listed