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Trial reportBMJ (Clinical research ed.)2003

Randomised controlled trial of smoking cessation intervention after admission for coronary heart disease.

Petter Quist-Paulsen, Frode Gallefoss

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Trial report in BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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25citing papers in PubMed, 10 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 113 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Interventions for smoking cessation in hospitalised patients.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024
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  2. Cost-effectiveness of smoking cessation programs for hospitalized patients: a systematic review.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2019
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  3. Nursing interventions for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017
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  4. Psychological interventions for coronary heart disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017
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  6. Interventions for smoking cessation in hospitalised patients.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2012
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  7. Do placebo response rates from cessation trials inform on strength of addictions?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2012
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Petter Quist-PaulsenMedical Department, Soerlandet Sykehus Kristiansand, 4604 Kristiansand, Norway. petterqp@online.no
Frode Gallefoss
Sørlandet Sykehus · NO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo determine whether a nurse led smoking cessation intervention affects smoking cessation rates in patients admitted for coronary heart disease.

designRandomised controlled trial.

settingCardiac ward of a general hospital, Norway.

participants240 smokers aged under 76 years admitted for myocardial infarction, unstable angina, or cardiac bypass surgery. 118 were randomly assigned to the intervention and 122 to usual care (control group).

interventionThe intervention was based on a booklet and focused on fear arousal and prevention of relapses. The intervention was delivered by cardiac nurses without special training. The intervention was initiated in hospital, and the participants were contacted regularly for at least five months.

main outcome measureSmoking cessation rates at 12 months determined by self report and biochemical verification.

results12 months after admission to hospital, 57% (n = 57/100) of patients in the intervention group and 37% (n = 44/118) in the control group had quit smoking (absolute risk reduction 20%, 95% confidence interval 6% to 33%). The number needed to treat to get one additional person who would quit was 5 (95% confidence interval, 3 to 16). Assuming all dropouts relapsed at 12 months, the smoking cessation rates were 50% in the intervention group and 37% in the control group (absolute risk reduction 13%, 0% to 26%).

conclusionA smoking cessation programme delivered by cardiac nurses without special training, significantly reduced smoking rates in patients 12 months after admission to hospital for coronary heart disease.

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AdultAgedAngina PectorisCoronary Artery BypassFemaleHealth EducationHospitalizationHumansMaleMiddle AgedMyocardial InfarctionPamphletsRecurrenceSmoking CessationTreatment Outcome

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PMID14644967
PMCPMC286243
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