Demographic, smoking, and clinical characteristics associated with smoking cessation care provided to patients preparing for surgery

Title: Demographic, smoking, and clinical characteristics associated with smoking cessation care provided to patients preparing for surgery
Creator: Wolfenden, Luke; Stojanovski, Elizabeth; Wiggers, John; Gillham, Karen; Bowman, Jenny; Richie, Chris
Relation: Journal of Addictions Nursing Vol. 22, Issue 5, p. 171-175
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10884602.2011.616608
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2011
Description: The aim of this study was to identify factors associated with smoking cessation intervention provided by nursing staff of a preoperative clinic in NSW Australia. A retrospective audit of 194 randomly selected medical records of patients attending a non cardiac preoperative clinic at a major teaching and referral hospital was conducted. Patients scheduled to receive general anaesthesia and patients smoking more than 10 cigarettes per day were more likely to receive smoking cessation care. The findings suggest that preoperative nursing staff preferentially provide cessation care and do not maximize the opportunity to reduce patient operative risk and promote long-term patient health through the systematic provision of cessation intervention to all patients who smoke.
Subject: smoking; tobacco
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1056311
Identifier: uon:16022
Identifier: ISSN:1088-4602
Language: eng
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