Table 2.

Proportion of Interviewees Who Received Recommended Counseling Activities from an Inpatient Nurse (During the Pre-Implementation and Intervention Periods)

	Received inpatient nurse counseling, % (N)†
	Pre-implementation	Post-implementation	Adjusted OR (95 % CI)
Ask about smoking	86 (93)	91 (89)	1.5 (0.6, 3.9)
Advise to quit	48 (94)	62 (87)	2.1 (1.2, 3.5)*
Assess willingness to quit	66 (94)	75 (85)	1.8 (0.9, 3.8)
Assist in quitting	45 (93)	70 (87)	2.9 (1.6, 5.3)*
Given self-help literature or offered to show video	17 (100)	40 (93)	3.5 (1.8, 6.6)*
Discuss a plan for quitting after hospital discharge	15 (95)	11 (88)	0.8 (0.4, 1.5)
Offer nicotine patches to relieve withdrawal symptoms during hospitalization	33 (93)	45 (85)	1.7 (0.95, 3.1)
Discuss pharmacotherapy to help you quit	26 (99)	35 (92)	1.8 (0.9, 3.5)
Arrange follow-up	20 (99)	29 (91)	1.7 (0.96, 3.0)
Arrange quitline referral or recommend PCP follow-up to discuss smoking cessation	13 (100)	18 (93)	1.6 (0.7, 3.4)
Arrange for inpatient smoking cessation consult to provide intensive counseling	3 (94)	1 (90)	0.3 (0.1, 1.6)
			Adjusted difference (95 % CI)
5A’s summary score, mean (sd)[N]‡	3.1 (2.1) [72]	3.9 (2.0) [69]	1.0 (0.5, 1.6)*

^* p < 0.05

^†The number of patients who provided evaluable data for each survey item is shown in parentheses

^‡Index score ranged from 0 to 9 for level of adherence with the 5A’s. The adjusted difference between periods is based on linear regression using generalized estimating equations