FOLLOW-UP-STUDY OF THE SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM OF A REHABILITATION CLINIC - PART OF QUALITY-ASSESSMENT OF CLINICAL REHABILITATION

The smoking cessation programme of a cardiological and pulmological re habilitation clinic was evaluated during general quality-assessment. T he programme consists of 5 sessions and is based on self-control techn iques. 84.5% (n = 235) of all patients who had taken part in the study (n = 278) had stopped smoking. This was verified by indirect Hb-CO co ntrol measurement. 65.9% (n = 155) of these patients were still abstin ent after 6 months and 65.8% (n = 102) of these patients made it witho ut any relapse, however 34.2% (n = 53) have had at least one relaps bu t have stopped smoking again afterwards. The results confirm the effec tivity of this programme which is one part of a general health program me in our rehabilitation clinic.