 Smoking cessation and serious mental illness: a service evaluation of a drop‐in stop smoking clinic on an acute in‐patient unitDebbie Robson, Fiona Cole, Sally Jalasi, Bhimla Boojharut, Sharon Smith, Sibi Thompson, Martin Jones and Mark Haddad Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2013, vol. 22, issue 3-4, 405-413 Abstract: Aims and objectives. To evaluate the effect of a stop smoking clinic on the quit rates of patients admitted to an acute in‐patient unit. Background. The relationship between poor physical health and severe mental illness is well established. High rates of smoking appear to play an important causal role in the excess morbidity and mortality in this population. Stop smoking interventions for the general population are clinically effective and cost‐effective. There is a small but promising evidence base for effective interventions to help people with a mental illness who wish to stop smoking but these have mostly been tested with community patients rather than acute in‐patients. Methods. A service evaluation of a drop‐in stop smoking clinic on an acute mental health in‐patient unit was conducted. Patients’ smoking status was measured at baseline and four weeks after their quit date using patient self‐report and an expired breath carbon monoxide reading. Results. Over a six‐month evaluation period, 46 patients set a quit date and 13 (28·3%) were abstinent at the four‐week follow‐up stage, verified by a carbon monoxide reading (χ2 = 33, df = 1, sig p Date: 2013 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:wly:jocnur:v:22:y:2013:i:3-4:p:405-413 Access Statistics for this article More articles in Journal of Clinical Nursing from John Wiley & Sons |
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