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ArticleNetherlands heart journal : monthly journal of the Netherlands Society of Cardiology and the Netherlands Heart Foundation2017

High intensity smoking cessation interventions: Cardiac patients of low socioeconomic status and low intention to quit profit most.

N Berndt, H de Vries, L Lechner, F Van Acker, E S Froelicher, F Verheugt, A Mudde, C Bolman

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Article in Netherlands heart journal : monthly journal of the Netherlands Society of Cardiology and the Netherlands Heart Foundation, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Interventions for smoking cessation in hospitalised patients.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024
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  3. Telephone counselling for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019
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  5. How to get a smoker addicted to quitting.Netherlands heart journal : monthly journal of the Netherlands Society of Cardiology and the Netherlands Heart Foundation · 2017
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

N BerndtDepartment of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Open University of the Netherlands, Heerlen, the Netherlands. nadine.berndt@igss.etat.lu.
H de VriesDepartment of Health Promotion, Caphri School for Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
L LechnerDepartment of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Open University of the Netherlands, Heerlen, the Netherlands.
F Van AckerDepartment of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Open University of the Netherlands, Heerlen, the Netherlands.
E S FroelicherDepartment of Physiological Nursing, School of Nursing, and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, California, USA.
F VerheugtDepartment of Cardiology, Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
A MuddeDepartment of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Open University of the Netherlands, Heerlen, the Netherlands.
C BolmanDepartment of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Open University of the Netherlands, Heerlen, the Netherlands.
Open University of the Netherlands · NLArtesis Plantijn Hogeschool Antwerpen · BEMaastricht University · NLOLVG · NLUniversity of California, San Francisco · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWithout assistance, smokers being admitted to the hospital for coronary heart disease often return to regular smoking within a year.

objectiveThis study assessed the 12-month effectiveness of a telephone and a face-to-face counselling intervention on smoking abstinence among cardiac patients. Differential effects for subgroups varying in their socioeconomic status and intention to quit smoking were also studied.

methodsA randomised controlled trial was used. During hospital stay, smokers hospitalised for coronary heart disease were assigned to usual care (n = 245), telephone counselling (n = 223) or face-to-face counselling (n = 157). Eligible patients were allocated to an intervention counselling group and received nicotine patches. After 12 months, self-reported continued abstinence was assessed and biochemically verified in quitters. Effects on smoking abstinence were tested using multilevel logistic regression analyses applying the intention-to-treat approach.

resultsCompared with usual care, differential effects of telephone and face-to-face counselling on continued abstinence were found in patients with a low socioeconomic status and in patients with a low quit intention. For these patients, telephone counselling increased the likelihood of abstinence threefold (OR = 3.10, 95 % CI 1.32-7.31, p = 0.01), whereas face-to-face counselling increased this likelihood fivefold (OR = 5.30, 95 % CI 2.13-13.17, p < 0.001). Considering the total sample, the interventions did not result in stronger effects than usual care.

conclusionPost-discharge telephone and face-to-face counselling interventions increased smoking abstinence rates at 12 months compared with usual care among cardiac patients of low socioeconomic status and low quit intentions. The present study indicates that patients of high socioeconomic status and high quit motivation require different cessation approaches.

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Coronary heart diseaseFace-to-face counsellingIntention to quitSmoking cessationSocioeconomic statusTelephone counselling

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