Evaluating the efficacy of an integrated smoking cessation intervention for mental health patients: a randomised controlled trial

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/GNT1026421

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Smoking rates are 2 to 4 times higher among people with a mental illness than among the general population. There is an imperative to identify effective cessation interventions that can be systematically provided to smokers with a mental illness. The aim of this project is to undertake a rigorous test of the efficacy of a smoking cessation intervention for smokers with mental illness; where intervention commences in the hospital inpatient setting and extended support continues post-discharge.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2012

End Date: 01-01-2017

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $1,442,270.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Preventive Medicine

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

mental health services | nicotine dependence | randomised controlled trial (RCT) | smoking cessation | smoking intervention

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