Impact of smoking cessation counseling among acute myocardial infarction patients on post-hospitalization mortality rates: a systematic review
Article Category: Review
Pubblicato online: 03 ago 2022
Pagine: 135 - 142
Ricevuto: 10 ott 2021
Accettato: 16 dic 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2022-0025
Parole chiave
© 2022 Eyad Abu Alhaijaa et al., published by Sciendo
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Objective
The current systematic review aimed to assess the impact of smoking cessation counseling (SCC) on patients’ short- and long-term mortality after acute myocardial infarction (AMI).
Methods
The Cochrane guidelines were used to conduct a systematic review of Medline (PubMed), ScienceDirect, CINAHL Cochrane database, and Google Scholar for studies on the impact of SCC on AMI patients’ mortality.
Results
Five studies were found to meet the predefined inclusion criteria. Smoker patients were not routinely counseled to quit smoking during their post-AMI hospital stay. Studies showed a reduction in mortality among AMI patients’ who received SCC compared with patients who did not receive it.
Conclusions
SCC during hospitalization and after discharge is a simple and cost-effective intervention that improves AMI patients’ survival.