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This version was published on February 1, 2008
Western Journal of Nursing Research, Vol. 30, No. 1, 6-19 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0193945907302729
© 2008 SAGE Publications

Effect of an Inpatient Nurse-Directed Smoking Cessation Program

Cheryl E. Gies

The University of Toledo, cheryl.gies{at}utoledo.edu

Debra Buchman

The University of Toledo

Janet Robinson

Lourdes College

Dianne Smolen

The University of Toledo

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of a nurse-directed smoking cessation intervention for adults hospitalized in a small community hospital using a quasiexperimental, prospective, longitudinal design with biochemical validation of self-reported tobacco abstinence. Sixty-eight inpatients were assigned to either a control (n = 30) or an intervention group (n = 38). The control group received smoking cessation literature. The intervention group received smoking cessation literature and a nursing intervention. Each member of the intervention group was randomly assigned to a one or four telephone call subgroup for post discharge nurse follow-up at 3 months. Fifty-five participants completed the study. Smokers receiving the nurse-directed intervention were significantly more likely to be tobacco abstinent at 3 months (n = 17, 55%) than smokers in the control group (n = 5, 21%). Within the intervention group, tobacco abstinence at 3 months was not significantly different between the one and four telephone call groups. For the total sample, smoking relapse was significantly higher for participants who lived with another smoker.

Key Words: smoking cessation • tobacco abstinence • nurse-directed intervention


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