Addressing smoking in sheltered homelessness with intensive smoking treatment (ASSIST project): A pilot feasibility study of varenicline, combination nicotine replacement therapy and motivational interviewing.

Background: This pilot study aimed to test the feasibility of providing varenicline in combination with nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) and motivational interviewing (MI) to adult male smokers attending a clinic in a hostel for homeless people.

Methods: A single group pre- and post-treatment (12 weeks following intervention commencement) design with embedded process evaluation (at weekly counselling and fortnightly safety check-ins). Participants were 20 male smokers attending a health clinic within a homelessness service in Sydney, Australia, between December 2019 and March 2020.

Characteristics of people attending psychiatric clinics in inner Sydney homeless hostels.

Objective: To describe the characteristics of people attending mental health clinics at shelters for the homeless in inner city Sydney.

Design: Retrospective review of medical records of homeless hostel clinic attenders.

Setting: Mental health clinics located in three inner city homeless hostels.