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Degree

Master of Science in Nursing (MSN), University of Toledo Health Science Campus, School of Nursing, 2005.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate effectiveness of a nurse-directed smoking cessation intervention for hospitalized adult smokers using a quasi-experimental, prospective, longitudinal design. Pender’s revised health promotion model was the conceptual framework. Sixty-eight inpatients were assigned to either a control or an intervention group. The control group received smoking cessation literature. The intervention group received smoking cessation literature and a nursing intervention. The intervention group was randomized to a one or four telephone call subgroup for post discharge nurse follow-up. Fifty-five participants completed the study. Smokers receiving the nurse-directed intervention were more likely to be tobacco-abstinent at 3 months (n = 17, 55%) than smokers in the control group (n = 5, 21%). Tobacco abstinence between the one and four telephone call groups was not significant; however, additional telephone calls appeared to delay smoking relapse. Smoking relapse was higher for participants who lived with another smoker.

Subject Headings

Health Sciences, Nursing

Keywords

tobacco abstinence; nursing intervention; Pender's revised HPM; smoking cessation; adult smoker

Advisor

Debra Buchman, Ph.D., RNC

Pages

112p.

Document number: mco1115124358
Permalink: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=mco1115124358

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