Effects of a Nurse-Led, Stage-Matched, Tailored Program for Smoking Cessation in Health Education Centers: A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Trial

Chia-Chen Lu, Yu-Chuan Hsiao, Hui-Wen Huang, Jhen-Yi Lin and Chih-Ling Huang

Clinical Nursing Research, 2019, vol. 28, issue 7, 812-829

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of a stage-matched intervention performed at outpatient clinics. Participants were randomly assigned to an intervention group (IG) or usual care group (UCG). The trial was targeted on smoking patients with coronary heart disease or diabetes. After completing the 3-month intervention, both groups received a telephone follow-up at 6 months. This analysis showed that the outcomes of the IG for the 7-day point prevalence (PP) of abstinence (odds ratio [OR] = 2.00; p = .001) and 30-day PP (OR = 2.27; p = .004) at 6 months were significantly better than the UCG. Stage of change (OR = 4.06; p

Keywords: smoking cessation; stage-matched intervention; outpatient; randomized controlled trial (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1177/1054773817754276

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