Smoking Cessation Following Psychiatric Hospitalization
Nicotine Dependence
About this trial
This is an interventional health services research trial for Nicotine Dependence focused on measuring Smoking cessation, Tobacco use cessation, Psychiatric comorbidity
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- >18 years of age
- current smoker (i.e., at least 5 cigarettes/day when not hospitalized)
Exclusion Criteria:
- current diagnosis of dementia
- Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE: [45]) score < 24
- patient's inability to provide consent for study participation due to his/her inability to demonstrate an understanding of study procedures as contained in the statement of informed consent, after no more than two explanations
- current diagnosis of mental retardation or autistic disorder
- current primary diagnosis of a (non-nicotine) substance use disorder
- no access to a telephone or inability to communicate by telephone
- no planned discharge to institutional setting
- medical contraindication for the use of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT)
- pregnancy, breastfeeding, or plans to become pregnant within 6 months.
Sites / Locations
- Seton Shoal Creek HospitalRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Active Comparator
Sustained Care
Usual Care
A 40-minute, in-hospital motivational counseling session about smoking cessation, 8 Interactive Voice Response (IVR) phone calls and/or texts over 90 days, including the possibility of a warm transfer to a telephone tobacco quit line and up to 8-weeks of free transdermal nicotine patches.
A brief 5-10 minute tobacco education session that all hospitalized smokers will receive, delivered by a hospital nurse. During this session, they will be provided with written handouts describing the stages of readiness for change in quitting, self-monitoring of smoking, self-management of smoking situations, relapse prevention, managing stress, other quitting tips and use of nicotine replacement therapy.