Topic: Generic Health Relevance and Cross Cutting Themes
Conditions
Interventions
For participants in the active intervention group, a cessation practitioner will deliver a brief cessation intervention and offer Nicotine Replacement Therapy and further 1:1 counselling. If accepted
Sponsors
University of Nottingham (UK)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Adult patients 16 years and older, either sex 2. Admitted to one of eighteen medical wards at the Nottingham City Hospital for a medical condition or illness 3. Current smokers, or have smoked regularly within 28 days of admission or the onset of the illness causing admission
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Do not consent to participate 2. Too ill to understand the information and consent forms All other smokers will be eligible for inclusion. Decisions to prescribe nicotine replacement therapy will be made in discussion with supervising clinicians. The default will however be to prescribe NRT if it seems otherwise more likely than not that the patient will smoke.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Number of smokers with validated cessation, measured at one month post-discharge | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Smokers abstinent from smoking at discharge (CO validated), measured at discharge 2. Smokers abstinent from smoking, with CO validation, at 6 months post-discharge 3. Smokers discharged on cessation therapy and have post-discharge support arranged, measured at discharge 4. Smokers offered cessation counselling and pharmacotherapy as an inpatient, measured up to one month 5. Smokers who accept cessation counselling and pharmacotherapy as an inpatient, measured up to one month 6. Smokers who leave hospital with an active prescription for a smoking cessation therapy, measured at discharge 7. Smokers who receive post-discharge support from Stop Smoking Services (e.g. New Leaf), measured at 1 and 6 months following discharge | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed