A randomized trial of a brief intervention to promote smoking cessation for parents during child hospitalization
Shawn Ralston1, Charmaine Grohman, Dana Word
1Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78229, USA. shawnralston@msn.com
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Parenting smokers hospitalized with children showed high quit attempt rates. A brief intervention did not significantly increase smoking cessation, but many parents tried to quit.
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Clinical Research
- Behavioral Science
Background:
- Parental smoking is a significant risk factor for child hospitalizations.
- Smoking parents often lack access to cessation services.
- Inpatient interventions for smoking parents show potential.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate a brief intervention's efficacy for smoking cessation in parents after child hospitalization.
- To assess smoking cessation rates in this specific demographic.
Main Methods:
- A randomized controlled trial was conducted.
- Sixty smoking parents participated.
- Intervention group received a brief smoking cessation support.
Main Results:
- No statistically significant difference in cessation rates between groups.
- 45% of all participants attempted to quit.
- 18% of participants successfully quit by study conclusion.
Conclusions:
- Parenting smokers demonstrated a higher-than-expected willingness to quit.
- Brief interventions may encourage quit attempts, though significant cessation differences were not observed.
Background:
Parental smoking significantly increases the risk of child hospitalization for multiple illnesses. Parenting smokers may not have easy access to smoking cessation services elsewhere and a few interventions with this population in the inpatient setting have shown promising results.
Methods:
We sought to evaluate the efficacy of a brief intervention with smoking parents on smoking cessation rates after child hospitalization with a randomized, controlled trial.
Results:
Sixty smoking parents participated in the study. The majority of study participants were uninsured women under age 30 who smoked approximately half of a pack per day. There were no statistically significant differences between control and intervention groups for our outcomes. However, 45% (CI: 33-57%) of all participants reported at least one quit attempt during the 2-month study period and 18% (CI: 10-30%) of participants were quit at study conclusion.
Conclusions:
Willingness to quit smoking was much higher than expected in this population of parenting smokers.
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