Authors: Elisheva R Danan Anne M Joseph Scott E Sherman Diana J Burgess Siamak Noorbaloochi Barbara Clothier Sandra J Japuntich Brent C Taylor Steven S Fu
Publish Date: 2016/04/12
Volume: 31, Issue: 8, Pages: 878-887
Abstract
Interventions Proactive care included proactive outreach mailed invitation followed by telephone outreach offer of smoking cessation services telephone or facetoface and access to pharmacotherapy Usual care participants had access to VA smoking cessation services and state telephone quitlinesAt baseline 358 of smokers were in preparation 382 in contemplation and 260 in precontemplation The overall interaction between SOC and treatment arm was not statistically significant p = 030 Among smokers in preparation 211 of proactive care participants achieved 6month prolonged abstinence compared to 131 of usual care participants OR 18 95 CI 12–26 Similarly proactive care increased abstinence among smokers in contemplation 110 vs 65 OR 18 95 CI 11–28 Smokers in precontemplation quit smoking at similar rates 53 vs 56 OR 09 95 CI 05–19 Within each stage uptake of smoking cessation treatments increased with higher SOC and with proactive care as compared with usual care
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