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Computerized assessment of surgical patients for tobacco use: accuracy and acceptability

Author(s) -

Luke Wolfenden,

Angela Dalton,

Jenny Bowman,

Jenny Knight,

Sally Burrows,

John Wiggers

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916

H-Index - 82

eISSN - 1741-3850

pISSN - 1741-3842

DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdm015

Subject(s) - medicine , attendance , tobacco use , smokeless tobacco , physical therapy , emergency medicine , medical emergency , environmental health , population , economics , economic growth

Despite increased risks of postoperative complications among patients who use tobacco, a number of barriers hinder the systematic identification of surgical patients who smoke. The study investigated the accuracy and acceptability of a patient-completed touchscreen computer program, which assessed patient smoking status during attendance at a surgical pre-operative clinic.

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