Smoking Cessation Program: A Quality Improvement Trial in a Resident-Based Outpatient Clinic

Atlantic Health System

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Smoking

Treatments: Drug: nicotine replacement therapy and bupropion; Behavioral: smoking cessation counseling and referrals

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00436943

R06-12-021

Smoking Cessation

Details and patient eligibility

About

The researchers hypothesize that smoking cessation counseling improves with the implementation of a smoking status assessment data sheet in routine consults. This is a quality improvement study design to evaluate the impact of the implementation of a more formal smoking status evaluation in a resident/faculty driven outpatient clinic.

Full description

We hypothesize that smoking cessation counseling improves with the implementation of a smoking status assessment data sheet in routine consults. This is a quality improvement study design to evaluate the impact of the implementation of a more formal smoking status evaluation in a resident/faculty driven outpatient clinic. This will be an observational study in which differences in quality measures will be compared between baseline and re-measurement periods. Population target: 900 patients screened before and after the implementation of the QI intervention. Primary outcome: smoking status evaluation. Secondary Outcome: number of patients advised to quit, plan implementation for smoking cessation, smoking cessation program referrals, number of NRT and bupropion prescription.

Enrollment: 900 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 21+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• 21 years or older
• Seen at MMH family health center
• Current smoker

Trial design

900 participants in 1 patient group

A

Description:

Smokers

Treatment:

Drug: nicotine replacement therapy and bupropion

Behavioral: smoking cessation counseling and referrals