ArticleBMC oral health2007
A randomised controlled trial of a smoking cessation intervention delivered by dental hygienists: a feasibility study.
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- Interventions for tobacco cessation delivered by dental professionals.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Combined pharmacotherapy and behavioural interventions for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016Pooled it
- Interventions for tobacco cessation in the dental setting.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2012Pooled it
- Does the use of ingredients added to tobacco increase cigarette addictiveness?: a detailed analysis.Inhalation toxicology · 2012Pooled it
- Behavior Change Intervention for Smokeless Tobacco Cessation Delivered Through Dentists in Dental Settings: A Pragmatic Pilot Trial.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2024Trial
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- Smoking Status of Faculty and Their Tobacco Cessation Counselling Advisory.International dental journal · 2022Article
- Impact of Smoking Cessation on Periodontal Tissues.International dental journal · 2022Review
- Co-producing an intervention for tobacco cessation and improvement of oral health among diabetic patients in Bangladesh.BMC oral health · 2021Article
- Identifying Behavior Change Techniques Used in Tobacco Cessation Interventions by Oral Health Professionals and Their Relation to Intervention Effects-A Review of the Scientific Literature.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Review
- Assessment of smoking behaviour in a dental setting: a 1-year follow-up study using self-reported questionnaire data and exhaled carbon monoxide levels.Clinical oral investigations · 2014Article
- Substance-use screening and interventions in dental practices: survey of practice-based research network dentists regarding current practices, policies and barriers.Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) · 2013Article
- Patients' awareness of the potential benefit of smoking cessation. A study evaluating self-reported and clinical data from patients referred to an oral medicine unit.Clinical oral investigations · 2012Article
- Health professional's perceptions of and potential barriers to smoking cessation care: a survey study at a dental school hospital in Japan.BMC research notes · 2010Article
- National survey of U.S. health professionals' smoking prevalence, cessation practices, and beliefs.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2010Article
- Parental smoking and smoking status of Japanese dental hygiene students: a pilot survey at a dental hygiene school in Japan.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2009Article
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Abstract
backgroundTobacco use continues to be a global public health problem. Helping patients to quit is part of the preventive role of all health professionals. There is now increasing interest in the role that the dental team can play in helping their patients to quit smoking. The aim of this study was to determine the feasibility of undertaking a randomised controlled smoking cessation intervention, utilising dental hygienists to deliver tobacco cessation advice to a cohort of periodontal patients.
methodsOne hundred and eighteen patients who attended consultant clinics in an outpatient dental hospital department (Periodontology) were recruited into a trial. Data were available for 116 participants, 59 intervention and 57 control, and were analysed on an intention-to-treat basis. The intervention group received smoking cessation advice based on the 5As (ask, advise, assess, assist, arrange follow-up) and were offered nicotine replacement therapy (NRT), whereas the control group received 'usual care'. Outcome measures included self-reported smoking cessation, verified by salivary cotinine measurement and CO measurements. Self-reported measures in those trial participants who did not quit included number and length of quit attempts and reduction in smoking.
resultsAt 3 months, 9/59 (15%) of the intervention group had quit compared to 5/57 (9%) of the controls. At 6 months, 6/59 (10%) of the intervention group quit compared to 3/57 (5%) of the controls. At one year, there were 4/59 (7%) intervention quitters, compared to 2/59 (4%) control quitters. In participants who described themselves as smokers, at 3 and 6 months, a statistically higher percentage of intervention participants reported that they had had a quit attempt of at least one week in the preceding 3 months (37% and 47%, for the intervention group respectively, compared with 18% and 16% for the control group).
conclusionThis study has shown the potential that trained dental hygienists could have in delivering smoking cessation advice. While success may be modest, public health gain would indicate that the dental team should participate in this activity. However, to add to the knowledge-base, a multi-centred randomised controlled trial, utilising biochemical verification would be required to be undertaken.
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