Evaluation of the effect of a follow-up program forSMOcessation courses during in-patient REHAbilitation treatment

ISRCTN	ISRCTN60878792
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN60878792
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Dr Jörg Resler
Scientific

Bubertstr.4
Borkum
26757
Germany

Phone	+49 (0) 4922/9212000
Email	joerg.resler@nordseeklinik-borkum.de

Study design	Monocentric, prospective, randomised controlled study.
Primary study design	Interventional
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)	Hospital
Study type	Treatment
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Study acronym	ESMOREHA
Study objectives	1. Patients who complete intensive follow-up programs more frequently quit or reduce their smoking than those without such an intervention. 2. The smoking cessation program in Borkum is at least as successful as comparable programs. 3. The quit date method leads to a higher long-therm outcome relative to nicotine abstinence.
Ethics approval(s)	Ethics Committee of the Medical Association of Lower Saxony Germany, approval received on the 22nd September 2005.
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Smoking addiction
Intervention	Follow-up reminder calls and refresher courses for 12 months versus care as usual.
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure	Reduction of the risk of nicotine-associated illness.
Secondary outcome measures	1. Quality of life improvement 2. Reduction in direct and indirect costs
Overall study start date	01/07/2006
Completion date	31/05/2009

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Adult
Lower age limit	18 Years
Sex	Both
Target number of participants	580
Key inclusion criteria	1. Patients of the Nordseeklinik 2. Funded by the Deutsche Rentenversicherung Rheinland 3. Patients who are older than 18
Key exclusion criteria	1. Patients who are younger than 18 2. Linguistic or intellectual deficits 3. Missing agreement
Date of first enrolment	01/07/2006
Date of final enrolment	31/05/2009

Bubertstr.4

Borkum
26757
Germany

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Germany

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