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Table 4 General measures and time-points

From: Dissemination of the nurse-administered Tobacco Tactics intervention versus usual care in six Trinity community hospitals: study protocol for a comparative effectiveness trial

 

Eligibility criteria log

Medical records

Baseline

thirty-day

six-month

Independent variable

     

Tobacco Tactics intervention versus Usual Care

     

Control variables

     

Health behaviors

     

· Nicotine dependence (HSI)*

  

X

X

X

· Alcohol use (AUDIT-C)*

  

X

 

X

Clinical characteristics

     

· Comorbidities

 

X

   

· Depression (PHQ-2)*

  

X

 

X

Socio-demographics

     

· Demographics (age, sex, race, educational level, marital status, employment, hospital site)*

X

X

X

  

Dependent variables/outcomes

     

Aim 1: Provider and patient receptivity, barriers, and facilitators to implementation

     

· Face-to-face feedback

Ongoing

· Surveys

Pre-, post-, and three months post-training

Aim 2: Cessation efficacy

     

· Thirty-day/six-month* reported smoking

   

X

X

· Six-month cotinine test*

    

X

Aim 3: Cost-effectiveness

     

· Cost per quitter

  

X

 

X

· Cost per life-year saved

  

X

 

X

· Cost per quality-adjusted life-year saved (EQ-5D)

  

X

 

X

  1. * These measures/protocols are common to all CHART studies.
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