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Effectiveness of two intensive counselling methods for smoking cessation and relapse prevention in persons with coronary heart disease

Completed
Conditions
'heart disease' and 'coronary heart disease'
10011082
Registration Number
NL-OMON32953
Lead Sponsor
Open Universiteit Nederland
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
798
Inclusion Criteria

Patients who are admitted with coronary heart disease at cardiac wards and smoked at least five cigarettes a week prior to hospital admission will be recruted. Inclusion criteria are:
- stable cardiac situation
- one of the following diagnoses: angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, post-PCI, post-CABG or a combination
- 18 years or older
- sufficiently fluent in Dutch and able to read Dutch.

Exclusion Criteria

Exlusion criteria are:
- unstable cardiac situation
- terminal stage of the disease
- smoking less than 5 cigarettes per week
- smoking cessation more than one month prior to hospital admission
- insufficiently fluent in Dutch.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>Primary outcome will be point prevalence abstinence from smoking (PPA) after 6<br /><br>and 12 months. PPA is considered to be the most sensitive and valid measure of<br /><br>smoking cessation. </p><br>
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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