A brief intervention to prevent smoking relapse in cardiac patients: a randomised controlled trial

Completed

• Conditions: Cardiovascular diseases: Heart disease; Circulatory System; Heart disease

• Registration Number: ISRCTN13036545
• Lead Sponsor: Record Provided by the NHS R&D 'Time-Limited' National Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2004-01-23
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 540

Inclusion Criteria

1. 540 smokers hospitalised after myocardial infarction or cardiac bypass surgery
2. Current smokers or recent ex-smokers (defined as stopping smoking up to six months earlier) at the time of their hospital admission
3. Had not smoked at all since their hospital admission
4. Sufficiently recovered to receive the intervention,
5. No gross memory impairment
6. Under 76 years of age
7. Could read English
8. Motivated to remain abstinent from smoking after their discharge from the hospital

Exclusion Criteria

Does not match inclusion criteria

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Continuous abstinence for 6 weeks and 12 months, biochemically validated by expired air CO. The delivery of the various parts of the intervention was monitored.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
ot provided at time of registration