Substance Use Disorders and Tobacco Habits

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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In the department for substance use disorders at Uppsala University Hospital there are two wards. One that is locked, where the patients that are emitted can not go out to smoke and another ward where there is a possibility to go out and smoke during the day. The smoking habits on those two floors will be compared and how they feel about smoking will be evaluated when they are admitted to the ward, at discharge, after 1 mont and after 6 months.

Detailed Description
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In the department for substance use disorders at Uppsala University Hospital there are two wards. One that is locked, where the patients that are emitted can not go out to smoke and another ward where there is a possibility to go out and smoke during the day. The smoking habits on those two wards will be compared and how they feel about smoking will be evaluated when they are admitted to the ward, at discharge, after 1 mont and after 6 months. The questionnaires that will be used for evaluation are: Fagerstöms test for nicotine dependence, Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test and Drug Use Disorders Identification Test and the symptoms of Tobacco withdrawal mentioned in DSM-V. Parameters that will be measured are: pulse, bloodpressure, peak expiratory flow, wight and height. There will also be some questions about their smoking and snuff habits, if they have tried to quite smoking Before and how they were affected by the stop.

Official Title
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Tobacco Habits and the Ability to Quit Smoking Among Patients With Substance Use Disorders

Conditions
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Substance Use Disorders

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: No smoking
* Other: Smoking


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Substance use disorder - Exclusion Criteria: Disorganization, psychosis and if you can not speak Swedish. -

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years
Maximum Age: 85 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Prevention
Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Active Comparator: No smoking<br>The ward where the patients can not go out to smoke | Other: No smoking<br>* No smoking<br>|
| Placebo Comparator: Smoking<br>The ward where the patients can go out to smoke. | Other: Smoking<br>* Ability to go out to smoke<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Less smoking | Number of cigarettes /day | From baseline to 1 month | 
| Less smoking | Number of cigarettes /day | From baseline to 6 month | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| withdrawal symptoms | Blood pressure, Worry, nausea e.t.c. | From baseline to emitted from the ward aproximately 1 week | 
| withdrawal symptoms | Blood pressure, Worry, nausea e.t.c. | From baseline to 1 month | 
| withdrawal symptoms | Blood pressure, Worry, nausea e.t.c. | From baseline to 6 month | 
| Thought about not smoking any more | Questions | From baseline to emitted from the ward aproximately 1 week | 
| Thought about not smoking any more | Questions | From baseline to 1 month | 
| Thought about not smoking any more | Questions | From baseline to 6 month | 
| PEF | Improved expiratory flow | From baseline to emitted from the ward aproximately 1 week | 
| PEF | Improved expiratory flow | From baseline too 1 month | 
| PEF | Improved expiratory flow | From baseline to 6 month | 
| Weight | Changes in weight | From baseline to emitted from the ward aproximately 1 week | 
| Weight | Changes in weight | From baseline to 1 month | 
| Weight | Changes in weight | From baseline to 6 month | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Tobacco use, withdrawal symptoms