ArticleBMC health services research2008
The potential to improve ascertainment and intervention to reduce smoking in primary care: a cross sectional survey.
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- Physician advice for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2013Pooled it
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- Socioeconomic variations in access to smoking cessation interventions in UK primary care: insights using the Mosaic classification in a large dataset of primary care records.BMC public health · 2013Article
- Sentinel eye: improving usability of smoking data in EMR systems.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2013Article
- A qualitative exploration of smokers' views regarding aspects of a community-based mobile stop smoking service in the United Kingdom.BMC public health · 2011Article
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Abstract
backgroundWell established clinical guidelines recommend that systematic ascertainment of smoking status and intervention to promote cessation in all smokers should be a fundamental component of all health care provision. This study aims to establish the completeness and accuracy of smoking status recording in patients' primary care medical records and the level of interest in receiving smoking cessation support amongst primary care patients in an inner city UK population.
methodsPostal questionnaires were sent to all patients aged over 18 from 24 general practices in Nottingham UK who were registered as smokers or had no smoking status recorded in their medical notes.
resultsThe proportion of patients with a smoking status recorded varied between practices from 42.4% to 100% (median 90%). Of the recorded smokers who responded to our questionnaire (35.5% of the total), a median of 20.3% reported that they had not smoked cigarettes or tobacco in the last 12 months. Of respondents with no recorded smoking status, 29.8% reported themselves to be current smokers. Of the 6856 responding individuals thus identified as current smokers, 41.4% indicated that they would like to speak to a specialist smoking adviser to help them stop smoking. This proportion increased with socioeconomic disadvantage (measured by the Townsend Index) from 39.1% in the least deprived to 44.6% in the most deprived quintile.
conclusionWhilst in many practices the ascertainment of smoking status is incomplete and/or inaccurate, failure to intervene appropriately on known status still remains the biggest challenge.
trial registrationCurrent Controlled Trials ISRCTN71514078.
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