Quitline Use in Surgical Patients

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Tobacco Dependence
• Interventions: Behavioral: Standard brief advice; Behavioral: Quitline intervention

• Registration Number: NCT00656500
• Lead Sponsor: Mayo Clinic

Brief Summary

Elective surgery represents a teachable moment to deliver tobacco interventions. The overall goal of this proposal is to increase the utilization of the QUITPLANSM Helpline by surgical patients who smoke. Two specific aims will be pursued using a multidisciplinary research team. In the first aim, we will develop a practice-based intervention to promote QUITPLANSM Helpline utilization by surgical patients (Specific Aim 1A) using a combination of key informant interviews (approximately 30 subjects), and focus groups (approximately 25 subjects) then develop methods to educate providers in its implementation (Specific Aim 1B) and test their effectiveness in approximately 20 providers. In the second aim, we will perform a randomized clinical trial of this intervention in 300 patients scheduled for elective surgery, with the primary outcome being utilization of the QUITPLANSM Helpline (Specific Aim 2). Subjects will be randomized to receive either the intervention developed in Specific Aim 1, or a brief control intervention.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2007-07
• Study First Submitted: 2008-04-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2008-04-04
• Study First Posted: 2008-04-11
• Primary Completion: 2010-02
• Study Completion: 2011-06
• Status Verified: 2012-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2012-02-02
• Last Update Posted: 2012-02-03

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 300

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients ≥ 18 yrs. scheduled for elective surgery at Mayo Clinic Rochester.
• Current smoking before the scheduling of surgery, defined as > 100 cigarettes lifetime consumption and self-reports of smoking either every day or some days. Patients who are in the midst of a quit attempt initiated since learning about surgery are eligible.

Exclusion Criteria

• Patient is not available for telephone follow-up

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
1	Standard brief advice	Brief assistance with smoking abstinence
2	Quitline intervention	Brief intervention to promote quitline utilization

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Completion of one quitline counseling session	Three months postoepratively

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Smoking behavior at six months postoperatively	six months postoperatively

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Mayo Clinic; 🇺🇸 Rochester, Minnesota, United States