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Smoking Cessation Among Diabetic Patients in Kerala, India: 1-Year Follow-up Results From a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Year: 2014

Type: article

Study designs: Randomized Controlled Trial, Clinical Trial

Abstract: Considering the adverse health effects of smoking, the American Diabetes Association recommends smoking cessation among diabetic patients (1). One-year follow-up data on smoking cessation among diabetic patients are not available (2). We conducted this study to find the effectiveness of diabetes-specific smoking cessation counseling by a nondoctor health professional (NDHP) in addition to quitting advice by a doctor at 1 year. We recruited 224 adult male diabetic patients aged ≥18 years who smoked in the previous month from two diabetes clinics of Kerala for our randomized controlled trial. They were randomized into two equal groups: intervention-1 and intervention-2. Patients in both groups were asked and advised by a doctor to quit smoking and education materials on smoking-related complications were provided. The intervention-2 group received four additional diabetes-specific 30-min smoking cessation counseling sessions at baseline and 1, 3, and 6 months …

Source: Diabetes Care

DOI: 10.2337/dc14-1863

Authors: Kavumpurathu Raman Thankappan, Gomathy Krishnakurup Mini, Meenu Hariharan, Gadadharan Vijayakumar, Prabhakaran Sankara Sarma, Mark Nichter

Institutions: Sree Chitra Thirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Medical Trust Hospital, University of Arizona

Language: English

Topic: Smoking Behavior and Cessation

Subfield: Physiology (medical)

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: Fogarty International Center