Najeeb, N and Halawani, M and McElvaney, NG and Doyle, F (2018) Prevalence of smoking and provision of smoking cessation advice during hospitalization. Irish Medical Journal, 111, (9),
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Aim: We aimed to determine the prevalence of smoking and smoking cessation advice received by inpatients in Beaumont Hospital and compared results to previous similar studies.
Method: Cross-sectional survey where we interviewed eligible in-patients over a two-week period.
Results: Of the 203 patients who participated in the study, thirty (14.8%) were current smokers, which is lower than the smoking prevalence found by previous studies. The rate of cessation advice delivery was 53.3% (16/30). An increasing socioeconomic gap between smokers and non-smokers over time was found.
Discussion: There remains limited provision of smoking cessation advice to inpatients.
B Substances > Tobacco (cigarette smoking)
HJ Treatment or recovery method > Substance disorder treatment method > Cessation of tobacco use
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Health care programme, service or facility > Hospital
VA Geographic area > Europe > Ireland
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