Current Research Projects

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STOPbase - tobacco and nicotine​
STOPbase is a research database gathering information on tobacco and nicotine cessation interventions offered to people by hospitals, pharmacies, municipalities and any other person or organisation working with a preventive aim. The aim of the database is to offer the cessation units an external documentation and evaluation of their tobacco and nicotine cessation services in order to assess and improve the quality.

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​By joining STOPbase your knowledge and experience will enter the material load that constitutes the basis for planning tobacco and nicotine cessation services in the future. STOPbase has proved essential and of crucial importance to:

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• ​Assisting health professionals in their daily practice

• Monitoring quality

• Facilitating evaluation of programmes (quit and relapse)

Who can join?
All organizations or people providing tobacco and nicotine cessation interventions can join STOPbase and have their data registered in the database. 

 

Strong for Surgery - Strong for Life

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The aim is to improve the patient journey and get better results after major and minor operations on both short and long term via intensive intervention of risky lifestyle before surgery. 

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Focus is to examine how living habits are recorded in surgical quality databases from a complication reduce perspective and how the implementation works for the patients in the surgical clinics. The aim is to clarify the evidence for the ability to improve the preparation of patients with risky lifestyle before surgery. The data are now being presented.

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Contact person: Hanne Tønnesen

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National project on the effect of stop-smoking interventions for different groups of smokers in Sweden

 

The aim of this project is to evaluate which programs are most effective for different groups of smokers, including disadvantaged and vulnerable groups in Sweden. The method is based on a Danish model of collection of individual data via an online project database. At least 8,000 smokers are to be recruited in 2018-2019. Data include tobacco profile including snuff and e-cigarettes, socioeconomics, use of smoking cessation intervention programs, costs and follow-up for successful quitting after 6 weeks and 6 months. The database is available from WHO-CC and the Danish National Board of Health and Welfare, but require adaption to the Swedish socio-demographics, use of snuff etc. By 2020, the main analysis will be carried out including identification of important factors for quitting smoking.

This project will contribute to the knowledge on the effect of Swedish tobacco intervention for different groups.

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Website: www.rokstoppsprojektet.se

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Contact person: Hanne Tønnesen Mette Rasmussen

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​Add Life - Treatment of patients addicted to alcohol and drugs

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The overall objective is to evaluate the effect of alcohol / drug addiction treatment in the years 1968-2013, morbidity, life expectancy and causes of death. Sub-analyses are related to the duration of treatment, gender, age, patterns of use, tobacco and socioeconomic factors. Analyzes of the costs and cost-effectiveness are also included.

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Contact person: Hanne Tønnesen

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Do snuff, e-cigarettes and nicotine products (SEN) affect the orthopedic treatment outcome?

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There is evidence that smoking cessation in surgery halves the complication rate, which makes intervention cost-effective. The question is whether this applies to other forms of tobacco dependence, namely the use of snuff and other forms of nicotine addiction, such as the use of e-cigarettes and the long-term use of nicotine products? If the answer is yes, the users should quit prior to surgery - just as for smoking. If the answer is no, it should be of great importance for future recommendations in the treatment of surgical patients.

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We evaluate a possible effect of SEN on treatment outcomes and quality of life among approx. 7000 adult patients at the orthopedic clinic in Kristianstad-Hässleholm. All patients are monitored after 1, 6 and 12 months. We will also through interviews gather knowledge about the attitude and preferences of patients and staff during the study. It is a 4-year study with 2 years of inclusion and 1 year of follow-up.

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Contact person: Hanne Tønnesen​​

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