Perioperative medicine & outcomes
Efficacy of Presurgical Interventions to Promote Smoking Cessation: A Systematic Review
Authors' conclusion
In conclusion, presurgical multicomponent smoking cessation interventions are more effective than brief interventions in terms of achieving abstinence and reducing surgical complications.
Study context
- Population
- Smokers scheduled for surgery; RCTs published March 2009 to April 20219 studies (11 articles)
- Comparison
- Intervention group (IG) vs control group (CG)
- Outcome
- Smoking abstinence and surgical complication rates
Methodological detailsPRISMA
- PRISMA
Pooled result
As reported in the abstract
Long-term postoperative abstinence · 6 to 12 months
Abstinence rates in RCTs with intensive multicomponent interventions
between 25.0% and 36.4%
Abstinence rates in brief interventions
about 13.0%
Further pooled results
Short-term postoperative surgical complications
- Significant reduction with two multicomponent interventions
Dropout
- Follow-up time and intervention intensity were predictors of dropout
Original publication
Efficacy of Presurgical Interventions to Promote Smoking Cessation: A Systematic Review. Anesth Analg. Published 24 October 2022. doi:10.
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