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Trial reportAtencion primaria2006

[Effectiveness of a programme of intensive tobacco counselling by nursing professionals].

B Sanz-Pozo, J de Miguel-Díez, M Anegon-Blanco, M García-Carballo, E Gómez-Suárez, J F Fernández-Domínguez

Open access · greenAbstract readComparative StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Atencion primaria, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 30% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Strategies to improve smoking cessation rates in primary care.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021
    Pooled it
  2. Nursing interventions for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017
    Pooled it
  3. Individual behavioural counselling for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017
    Pooled it
  4. Physician advice for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2013
    Pooled it
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

B Sanz-PozoMedicina Familiar y Comunitaria, Centro de Salud El Greco, Getafe, Madrid, Spain. bsanzpozo@hotmail.com
J de Miguel-Díez
M Anegon-Blanco
M García-Carballo
E Gómez-Suárez
J F Fernández-Domínguez
Sociedad Andaluza de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria · ESHospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón · ESUniversidad Rey Juan Carlos · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo determine the effectiveness of a systematic intensive tobacco counselling programme conducted by nursing professionals.

designRandomised clinical trial with control.

settingPrimary care nursing and medical consultations.

participantsSmokers requesting help in our centre's medical clinics during the recruitment period, up to the sample size required (125). Inclusion criteria were: aged between 18 and 70, people who smoked during the preceding month any number of cigarettes a day, and a score over 7 on the Richmond test.

interventionsThe patients recruited were randomised, according to the clinic from which they came, to the group that received brief counselling from the doctor (control group) or to the group that received brief counselling plus nursing follow-up (intervention group). Follow-up visits were programmed in this latter group for up to 3 months after giving up smoking. MAIN MEASUREMENTS: Abstinence at 12 and 24 months.

resultsThe effectiveness of the intervention considered as the rate of abstinence at 12 months was 13.8% (95% CI, 6.5-24.7) in the control group and 6.7% (95% CI, 1.8-16.2) in the intervention group, with no significant differences between the two.

conclusionsIn smokers seen in primary care, the effectiveness of a programme of intensive tobacco counselling by nursing staff is no more effective than the doctor's brief, one-off counselling. Brief counselling has a better cost-effectiveness relationship than intensive counselling.

Indexed as

NursingProgram EvaluationSmoking CessationSmoking PreventionCounselingHumansTime Factors

Identifiers

PMID16595098
PMCPMC7676142
OpenAlexW2023845995

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