About 85% of patients receiving opioid agonist therapy (OAT) for opioid dependence are smoking tobacco. Although smoke-related pulmonary diseases are significant contributors to morbidity and mortality, few smoking cessation interventions are evaluated within this group, and few OAT patients are offered ...
Taking into account that between one in four [2] and one in eight [3] women are estimated to smoke during pregnancy, the consequences of prenatal smoking come at a great financial cost to the health service. A review of smoking cessation interventions for pregnant smokers indicates that such ...
If subjects currently smoke, they are encouraged to quit. Provisions for post-trial care {30} The investigator should take this seriously and ensure that all patients who are harmed as a result of participating in the trial receive appropriate medical protection. Outcomes {12} Primary outcome ...
“I want to quit smoking and I have begun to reduce the number of cigarettes that I smoke”), action (e.g. “I sit for less than 8 hours a day, but have been doing so for less than 6 months”), maintenance (e.g. “I eat according to the Dutch nutritional guideline and am ...
Quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) will be calculated from the EQ-5D questionnaire [30] and combined with cost data in the cost-utility analysis. Evaluation procedure Research interviewers, independent from the service providers, will conduct follow-up interviews 6 months after the date of ...