Table 4.
Change over time in smoking status, smoking behavior and attitudes, and e-cigarette use overall and by trustb
| All participants (n = 152) |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|
| Self-reported as smoker n (%) | ||
| Before admission to hospital | 150 (98.7) | 0.105* |
| After admission (on ward) | 147 (96.7) | 0.465† |
| Day of discharge (if discharged)a | 69 (97.2) | |
| One week after dischargea | 73 (94.8) | |
| One month after dischargea | 69 (92.0) | |
| Number of cigarettes smoked/day | ||
| n (% of those who attended interview) | ||
| Mean (SD) | ||
| Median (Min, Max) | ||
| Before admission to hospital | 144 (94.7) | <0.001 |
| 17.9 (13.0) | ||
| 15 (0, 60) | ||
| After admission (on ward) | 141 (92.8) | |
| 14.5 (10.8) | ||
| 12 (0, 60) | ||
| Day of discharge (if discharged) | 63 (81.8) | |
| 14.9 (11.7) | ||
| 10 (0, 60) | ||
| One week post-dischargea | 74 (96.1) | |
| 13.4 (11.1) | ||
| 10 (0, 60) | ||
| One month post-dischargea | 73 (97.3) | |
| 11.8 (9.1) | ||
| 10 (0, 45) | ||
| HSI n (%) | ||
| Before admission | ||
| High | 17 (12.1) | <0.001 |
| Medium | 104 (74.3) | |
| Low | 19 (13.6) | |
| After admission (on ward) | ||
| High | 14 (10.4) | |
| Medium | 81 (60.0) | |
| Low | 40 (29.6) | |
| One week post-discharge | ||
| High | 6 (8.8) | |
| Medium | 41 (60.3) | |
| Low | 21 (30.9) | |
| One month post-discharge | ||
| High | 4 (6.0) | |
| Medium | 46 (68.7) | |
| Low | 17 (25.4) | |
| High frequency of urges to smoke n (%) | ||
| After admission (on ward) | 75 (57.3) | 0.011 |
| One week post-discharge | 30 (46.2) | |
| One month post-discharge | 25 (36.2) | |
| High strength of urges to smoke n (%) | ||
| After admission (on ward) | 91 (60.3) | 0.012 |
| One week post-discharge | 32 (41.6) | |
| One month post-discharge | 31 (43.7) | |
| Motivation to stop smoking n (%) | ||
| After admission | ||
| Expresses intention to stop | 15 (10.2) | 0.497 |
| Would like to stop | 69 (46.9) | |
| Does not want to stop | 63 (42.9) | |
| One week post-discharge | ||
| Expresses intention to stop | 7 (9.9) | |
| Would like to stop | 39 (54.9) | |
| Does not want to stop | 25 (35.2) | |
| One month post-discharge | ||
| Expresses intention to stop | 9 (13.2) | |
| Would like to stop | 36 (52.9) | |
| Does not want to stop | 23 (33.8) | |
| Reported e-cigarette use n (%) | ||
| Before admission to hospital | 47 (31.8) | 0.473 |
| After admission (on ward) | 45 (38.5) | |
| One week post-discharge | 24 (31.2) | |
| One month post-discharge | 27 (36.5) |
aAs described in the methods section, data collection was planned to take place one week/one month after discharge, but a proportion of patients with a very long stay (see Figure 1) were interviewed in the ward setting instead.
bHIS = Heaviness of Smoking Index.