Physicians and smoking cessation. A survey of office procedures and practices in the Community Intervention Trial for Smoking Cessation.
Physicians and smoking cessation. A survey of office procedures and practices in the Community Intervention Trial for Smoking Cessation.
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医生和戒烟。
DOI:
10.1001/archfami.3.4.341
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发表时间:
1994
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通讯作者:
Pomrehn,P
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作者:
Lindsay,EA;Ockene,JK;Hymowitz,N;Giffen,C;Berger,L;Pomrehn,P
Objective: To obtain a baseline measure of tobacco con-trol activities carried out by physicians and of tobacco control policies and practices in physician offices.Design: All primary care physiciansin 11 communities were asked througha mail survey about their tobacco con-trol practices. Thirtyoffices in each communitywere ran-domly selected and interviewed by telephone to deter-mine office policies and practices.Setting: Both surveys assessed primary care settings in the 11 intervention communities.Results: The physicians' survey (responserate, 48%) in-dicated that physicians report intervention with smok-ers more than 70% of the time, but the interventions rarely include key behavioral elements necessary for smoking modification. Physicians who received formal training in smoking cessation reported that they believed themselves to be more prepared and that they spent more time counseling patients than physicians who were not trained. The office survey (response rate, 83.2%) indicated that smoke-free policies are in place in most clinics and offices and that many offices pro-vide printed materials on smoking cessation. However, few offices had staff to coordinate smoking cessation activities. These surveys will be repeated following the intervention phase of the Community InterventionTrial for Smoking Cessation to assess changes in coun-seling practices and office policies.Conclusion: There is a positive relationshipbetween at-tendingtrainingand interveningwith more cessation ac-tivities. Physiciansperceive themselves as preparedto help smokers, but few are providing more than advice to stop smoking.