Purpose: To explore the success rates and influencing factors of different smoking cessation education methods among patients scheduled for surgery.
Methods: This study is a clinical intervention prospective randomized controlled trial. The study population consisted of smokers scheduled for elective surgery at a medical center between October 2016 and January 2020. Participants were randomly assigned to either a video education group or a pamphlet education group for smoking cessation intervention. Follow-ups were conducted via phone at three months, six months, and twelve months after the intervention to monitor smoking status and assess point cessation success rates. Statistical analyses were performed to compare categorical variables between the two groups of participants and assess correlations with point cessation success rates.
Results: A total of 79 participants were enrolled (44 in the pamphlet education group, 95.5% male, mean age 49.47±13.52 years; 35 in the video education group, 100% male, mean age 49.25±12.96 years). Results indicated that, at the 3-month follow-up, the video education group exhibited a significantly higher smoking cessation success rate than the pamphlet education group. However, no significant differences were observed at the 6-month and 12-month follow-ups. Further analysis using logistic regression revealed that individuals using smoking cessation medication reported a higher smoking cessation success rate at the 3-month follow-up after preoperative smoking cessation education; the success rate, however, was lower for diabetes patients. Moreover, the success rate at the 3-month follow-up remained lower in those receiving pamphlet education as compared to those receiving video education. At the 12-month follow-up, the success rate after operative smoking cessation education was higher among participants with cardiovascular disease and cancer but lower in those with a longer smoking history.
Conclusion: Preoperative smoking cessation education enhances the motivation and success rates of smoking cessation for patients scheduled for surgery, and traditional health education pamphlets appear to be less effective than health education videos. Therefore, it may be worth trying health education videos as a medium to enhance short-term smoking cessation success rates.