Table 2 Summary of themes/concepts from Veteran interviews (n = 25)
Theme | Number of patients |
|---|---|
Reasons for participating in Tobacco Tactics program | |
Wanted to quit smoking or thought they should quit smoking | 19 |
Liked the quit smoking program in the hospital, or said it was nice/good/great | 9 |
Wanted to help someone else who was trying to quit smoking | 4 |
Views on phone calls | |
Calls were helpful/nice/good/great | 23 |
Support from the volunteer was nice/good/great | 21 |
Liked that someone cared/was interested about them/their smoking | 16 |
Liked the number of phone calls/thought number was appropriate | 14 |
Thought the phone calls lasted 5 minutes or more | 12 |
Preferred more phone calls | 7 |
Does not remember what was specifically talked about during phone calls | 5 |
Calls put the idea of quitting back in their head again/they were a reminder | 3 |
What happened with smoking status after phone calls stopped? | |
No difference | 11 |
Increased smoking | 6 |
Decreased smoking | 4 |
Suggestions for improvement | |
Nothing else that the program could have done to be more helpful | 18 |
Nothing the VA could do to improve the program | 6 |
Increasing the number of phone calls/length of follow-up | 6 |
Make smoking aids (e.g. patches) more accessible | 5 |
Provide more specific information during phone calls about quitting smoking | 1 |