U.S., April 2 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07505147) titled 'Effectiveness of Brief Smoking Cessation Counselling in Pre-Anaesthesia Assessment Clinic' on March 20.
Brief Summary: The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate whether a brief, nurse-delivered smoking cessation intervention can increase pre-operative smoking abstinence and improve perioperative outcomes among adult elective surgical patients who are current smokers. The main questions it aims to answer are:
Does a perioperative nurse-delivered AWARD brief counselling intervention with active referral and a tailored perioperative smoking cessation booklet increase the 7-day point prevalence abstinence rate on the day of surger...