Table 3 Study assessments: measures and schedule of administration

Sociodemographic factors

Age, sex, sexual orientation, education, race/ethnicity, marital status, employment, housing status, health insurance type

Patient, EHR

X

Medical history

Coronary heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, stroke, cancer, hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia

EHR

X

Tobacco use

Baseline: cigarettes per day, years smoked, other tobacco use, prior cessation attempts. Follow-up: duration of abstinence after discharge, cigarette and other tobacco product use in the past 7 days

Patient

X

X

X

X

Electronic cigarette use

Baseline: use in the past 30 days, past 7 days, frequency of use [Items from Pearson [34]], reasons for use, flavor/brand/type used.

Follow-up: use since discharge, in past 7 days, past 30 days

Patient

X

X

X

X

Nicotine dependence

Fagerstrom Test of Nicotine Dependence (FTND) [35]

Patient

X

Tobacco cessation treatment

Definition: FDA-approved cessation medications, behavioral support (telephone quit line, text-message support, in-person counseling, internet programs, mobile phone applications), other. Baseline: Prior use

Follow-up: Use since discharge or since last follow-up contact

Patient

X

X

X

X

Quit attempt

Definition: intentional tobacco abstinence lasting > 24 h. Baseline: ever, past year

Follow-up: since discharge, since last follow-up contact

Patient

X

X

X

X

Smoking cessation beliefs

Importance of quitting, confidence in ability to quit (10-point Likert scales)

Patient

X

Perceived health risk

Risk/benefit of smoking and of quitting (5-point Likert scales)

Patient

X

Social support for quitting smoking

10-point Likert scale

Patient

X

Alcohol use

Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT-C) [36]

Patient

X

X

Other drug use

Marijuana, cocaine, opioids, stimulants, drugs by injection (Veterans Aging Cohort Study -VACS, modified) [37]

Patient

X

X

Anxiety symptoms

Generalized Anxiety Disorder Assessment (GAD-7) [38]

Patient

X

X

X

X

Depression symptoms

Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-8) [39]

Patient

X

X

X

X

Quality of life

Medical Outcomes Study—Short Form (SF-1) [40]

Patient

X

X

X

Resiliency

Brief Resilience Scale (BRS) [41]

Patient

X

Optimism, pessimism

Life Orientation Test (LOT-R) [42]

Patient

X

X

X

Hospital experience

Baseline: cigarette cravings, cessation medication use in hospital

Follow-up (1 month): cigarette cravings, difficulty abstaining in hospital, cessation medication use and smoking in hospital

Patient

X

X

Hospital course

Length of hospital stay, discharge diagnosis

EHR

X

Post-discharge care coordination

PCP visit: provider’s awareness of patient’s study participation, discussion of tobacco cessation treatment

Patient

X

X

X

Health care utilization

Post-discharge ED visits, hospital re-admission (items from the National Health Interview Survey)

Patient

X

X

X

Program feedback

Services provided by study, services provided by quitline, helpfulness of services provided

Patient

X

X

X