- Title
- Computerized assessment of surgical patients for tobacco use: accuracy and acceptability
- Creator
- Wolfenden, Luke; Dalton, Angela; Bowman, Jenny; Knight, Jenny; Burrows, Sally; Wiggers, John
- Relation
- Journal of Public Health Vol. 29, Issue 2, p. 183-185
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdm015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2007
- Description
- Background: Despite increased risks of postoperative complications among patients who use tobacco, a number of barriers hinder the systematic identification of surgical patients who smoke. The study investigated the accuracy and acceptability of a patient-completed touchscreen computer program, which assessed patient smoking status during attendance at a surgical pre-operative clinic. Methods: One thousand and four patients participated in the study and completed a touchscreen computer smoking assessment program. Results: The sensitivity and specificity measures of the computerized assessment were 93% and 95% respectively. Patients, and clinic receptionists, nurses and anaesthetists found the touchscreen computer-based assessment acceptable. Conclusions: The findings suggest that computerized assessment of smoking status is an accurate and acceptable way to identify tobacco users in a pre-operative clinic setting.
- Subject
- screening; smoking; surgery; validity
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1320998
- Identifier
- uon:24241
- Identifier
- ISSN:1741-3842
- Language
- eng
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