Evaluation of an "Opt-Out" Inpatient Smoking Cessation Service on Smoking Behavior Study #1

Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Smoking Cessation

Treatments: Behavioral: Basic Care; Behavioral: Enhanced Care

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04827914

107000

Details and patient eligibility

About

The modest goal of this study is to replicate the behavioral outcomes of the opt out MUSC-Tobacco Treatment Program in the following three patient groups: 1) psychiatric inpatients housed in the Institute of Psychiatry (IOP) in Charleston; 2) non-IOP patients seen in Charleston; and 3) patients seen in the other four MUSC affiliated hospitals combined (i.e., Chester, Florence, Lancaster, and Marion). The aims and the design/methods utilized for evaluation will be the same for each of the three patient groups.

Enrollment: 1,122 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18+ years and older
• hospitalized cigarette smokers eligible for either enhanced or basic care
• discharged from the hospital back to their home

Exclusion criteria

• patients without a phone number
• those unable to communicate in the English language

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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1,122 participants in 2 patient groups

Enhanced Care Condition

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Enhanced Care

Basic Care Condition

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Basic Care