Evaluation of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on a smoking cessation service in Derbyshire: An interrupted time series analysis
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Summary
This summary is machine-generated.The COVID-19 pandemic prompted a shift to remote smoking cessation support. This change did not significantly impact the overall success rates of quitting smoking.
Area Of Science
- Public Health
- Behavioral Science
- Epidemiology
Background
- Early COVID-19 data indicated smokers faced higher risks of hospitalization and death from SARS-CoV-2.
- This heightened risk motivated smokers to attempt quitting.
- Live Life Better Derbyshire (LLBD) provided smoking cessation support, transitioning to remote services on March 19, 2020.
Purpose Of The Study
- To evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the shift to remote service delivery on smoking cessation.
- To analyze changes in service access, quit date setting, and 4-week self-reported quit success.
Main Methods
- Interrupted time series analysis was employed.
- The study examined data from January 1, 2018, to December 31, 2021.
- Outcomes included episodes of support, quit dates set, and 4-week follow-up quits.
Main Results
- A total of 11,393 smoking cessation support episodes were recorded.
- An immediate 20% drop in opened episodes occurred upon the transition to remote delivery (IRR 0.88).
- No substantial changes were observed in quit dates set or 4-week quit success rates, with underlying trends remaining stable.
Conclusions
- The COVID-19 pandemic and the shift to remote smoking cessation support by LLBD did not have a significant sustained impact on service activity.
- Key measures of smoking cessation success remained largely unaffected by the pandemic-induced changes in service delivery.
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