Trial reportThe British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners2000
An evidence-based programme for smoking cessation: effectiveness in routine general practice.
Trial report in The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 2000. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00131079 (Multi-center Evaluation of the Experimental Program for Physical Activity Promotion), which is not on this map. Cited by 12 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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Multi-center Evaluation of the Experimental Program for Physical Activity Promotion (PEPAF), Carried Out by Family Physicians
Who cites it
12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Pooled it
- Physician advice for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2013Pooled it
- Effectiveness of a stepped primary care smoking cessation intervention (ISTAPS study): design of a cluster randomised trial.BMC public health · 2009Trial
- One year effectiveness of an individualised smoking cessation intervention at the workplace: a randomised controlled trial.Occupational and environmental medicine · 2003Trial
- Favourable outcomes of a preventive screening and counselling programme for older people in underprivileged areas in the Netherlands: The PRIMUS project.Preventive medicine reports · 2017Article
- Health promotion in primary care: how should we intervene? A qualitative study involving both physicians and patients.BMC health services research · 2011Article
- Is integration of healthy lifestyle promotion into primary care feasible? Discussion and consensus sessions between clinicians and researchers.BMC health services research · 2008Article
- Evidence based practice in population health: a regional survey to inform workforce development and organisational change.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2004Article
- [Programme to overcome tobacco dependency in cases of scheduled surgery].Atencion primaria · 2003Article
- Predictors of long-term outcome of a smoking cessation programme in primary care.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2003Article
- [Middle-term effectiveness of a support program for smokers implemented in primary care].Atencion primaria · 2002Article
- [Smoking cessation in primary and specialized care: a real opportunity and a public health necessity].Atencion primaria · 2002Article
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Authors and funding
3 authors.
Funding
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Abstract
backgroundSmoking cessation clinical practice guidelines are based on randomised clinical trials reporting outcomes in persons who participate in these studies. However, many practitioners are sceptical about the effectiveness of these recommendations when applied to the general population in everyday routine consultation.
aimTo evaluate the results of a comprehensive smoking cessation programme in routine primary care practice.
methodAll smokers consulting in 10 general practices during one year participated in a non-randomised controlled trial. The percentages of subjects in the intervention (n = 1203, seven practices) and control (n = 565, three practices) groups who reported sustained abstinence between six and 12 months follow-up and were validated biochemically were compared. The effect of the programme was adjusted to baseline differences in both groups by multiple logistic regression analyses.
resultsThe programme resulted in an increase of five percentage points (95% CI = 3.1%-6.8%) in the validated and sustained one-year abstinence probability, with 7.1% for all of the intervention practices (adjusted OR = 3.7, 95% CI = 2.4-5.7).
conclusionProgrammes that combine advice to stop smoking to all smokers attending general practices with the offering of support, follow-up, and nicotine patches to those willing to stop are feasible and effective in routine practice, as primary care clinicians need only identify 20 smokers to get one additional success attributable to the programme.
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