• Med Clin Barcelona · Feb 2000

    Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial

    [Efficacy of an intervention in smoking cessation in patients with myocardial infarction].

    • A Moreno Ortigosa, F J Ochoa Gómez, E Ramalle-Gómara, I Saralegui Reta, M V Fernández Esteban, and M Quintana Díaz.
    • Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos, Complejo Hospitalario San Millán-San Pedro, Logroño, La Rioja. amoreno@hsanmillan.es
    • Med Clin Barcelona. 2000 Feb 19; 114 (6): 209210209-10.

    BackgroundThe aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of an structured intervention based on a medical advice versus to the ordinary anti-tobacco advice in patients with miocardial infarction who are attended in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU).Patients And Methods90 patients were randomly selected to receive either the specific intervention (intervention group) or the ordinary advice (control group). The medical advice was given during the ICU hospitalization and during the second, the third and the fourth week. One year later the smoking habit was evaluated.ResultsAfter one year 26 patients of the intervention group and 31 patients of the control group had stopped smoking (RR = 0.88 [CI 95% RR] 0.57 to 1.37).ConclusionsThe percentage of patients who stop smoking after a miocardial infarction is high. The structured medical counselling was not effective to reduce the number of smokers at one year.

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