Status:
COMPLETED
The Effectiveness of Smoking Cessation Guidelines in the Emergency Department
Lead Sponsor:
University of Iowa
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Conditions:
Cigarette Smoking
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Although 78% of smokers report that a health professional has previously advised them to quit smoking, most smokers are not advised to stop smoking or offered assistance with smoking cessation during ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Presentation to the Emergency Department by private vehicle or on a walk-in basis
- Current cigarette smoker (5 or more cigarettes per day)
Exclusion
- Acute medical decompensation (e.g., acute respiratory failure requiring intubation, cardiac arrest, cardiogenic or septic shock)
- Life-threatening trauma
- Altered mental status
- Dementia
- Language barrier
- Incarceration
- Transfer to another ED
- Departure from the ED prior to evaluation
- Inability to be contacted by telephone
- ED presentation for sexual assault
- ED presentation for acute psychiatric crisis (e.g., suicidal ideation)
- Participation in a smoking cessation program in the past 3 months
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
June 1 2011
Estimated Enrollment :
789 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00756704
Start Date
September 1 2008
End Date
June 1 2011
Last Update
November 4 2011
Active Locations (2)
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1
Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, Iowa, United States, 50316
2
The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Emergency Treatment Center
Iowa City, Iowa, United States, 52242