Number (%) abstinent before discharge and at 3 and 12 months follow up
| Self-reported point prevalence abstinence | Validated point prevalence abstinence | Validated continuous abstinence | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Follow up | Usual care | Counselling | NRT + counselling | Usual care | Counselling | NRT + counselling | Usual care | Counselling | NRT + counselling |
| NRT=nicotine replacement therapy. | |||||||||
| *p=0.04 (χ2 test); | |||||||||
| †p=0.03 (χ2 test). | |||||||||
| Discharge | 39 (42.4) | 43 (47.3) | 55 (60.4)* | 34 (37.0) | 39 (42.9) | 50 (54.9)* | – | – | – |
| 3 months | 12 (13.0) | 15 (16.5) | 18 (19.8) | 10 (10.9) | 9 (9.9) | 15 (16.5) | 10 (10.9) | 7 (7.7) | 15 (16.5) |
| 12 months | 9 (9.8) | 8 (8.8) | 17 (18.7) | 7 (7.6) | 5 (5.5) | 15 (16.5)† | 7 (7.6) | 4 (4.4) | 10 (11.0) |