Trial reportAmerican journal of preventive medicine2014
Smoking-cessation e-referrals: a national dental practice-based research network randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in American journal of preventive medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01108432 (Hygienists Internet Tobacco Cessation Study), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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Hygienists Internet Tobacco Cessation Study (HiQuit)
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.
- Proactive Referral to Behavioral Smoking Cessation Programs by Healthcare Staff: A Systematic Review.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2023Pooled it
- Interventions for tobacco cessation delivered by dental professionals.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Internet-based interventions for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Engagement With Stop Smoking Services After Referral or Signposting: A Mixed-Methods Study.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2025Trial
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- Evaluating the QUIT-PRIMO clinical practice ePortal to increase smoker engagement with online cessation interventions: a national hybrid type 2 implementation study.Implementation science : IS · 2015Trial
- Improving Referrals to Diabetes Self-Management Education in Medically Underserved Adults.Diabetes spectrum : a publication of the American Diabetes Association · 2021Article
- Secure Asynchronous Communication Between Smokers and Tobacco Treatment Specialists: Secondary Analysis of a Web-Assisted Tobacco Intervention in the QUIT-PRIMO and National Dental PBRN Networks.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Article
- Using Electronic Referrals to Address Health Disparities and Improve Blood Pressure Control.Preventing chronic disease · 2019Article
- Health System Implementation of a Tobacco Quitline eReferral.Applied clinical informatics · 2019Article
- Exploring Online Asynchronous Counseling With Tobacco Treatment Specialists in the QUIT-PRIMO and National Dental PBRN HI-QUIT Studies: Who Uses It and What Do They Say?American journal of health promotion : AJHP · 2018Article
- Which eHealth interventions are most effective for smoking cessation? A systematic review.Patient preference and adherence · 2018Review
- Share2Quit: Online Social Network Peer Marketing of Tobacco Cessation Systems.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2017Article
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9 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundTobacco use is still the leading preventable cause of death and morbidity in the U.S. Web-assisted tobacco interventions are an effective but underutilized tool in assisting smokers with quitting. The dental visit is an excellent opportunity to assist smokers in quitting by referring them to these tobacco-cessation online programs. PURPOSE: The study purpose was to test two patient referral methods-paper referrals (information prescriptions) versus paper plus e-referrals-to a web-assisted smoking-cessation induction system.
designRCT that used implementation research methods. PARTICIPANTS/
settingA total of 100 community-based dental practices were enrolled and 1814 smokers were referred to the web-assisted tobacco induction system.
interventionThe study intervention was a proactive e-referral of smokers to a web-assisted tobacco induction system called Decide2Quit.org, and the control group used paper referrals (information prescriptions) to refer smokers to the Decide2Quit.org. MAIN OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS: The outcome measurements were the referral numbers, Decide2Quit registration numbers, and the smokers' quit rate. Data were collected in 2010-2011 and analyses were completed in 2012.
resultsAlthough total referrals from intervention practices was lower than control, subsequent proportions of registrations among smokers referred to Decide2Quit.org were nearly fourfold higher (adjusted mean percentages: 29.5% vs 7.6%, p<0.01) in intervention compared with control practices. Subsequent rates of cessation among referred smokers were threefold higher (adjusted mean percentages: 3.0% vs 0.8%, p=0.03) in intervention practices as compared with control.
conclusionsIntervention practices using the e-referral system had higher smoker registration numbers and higher quit smoking rates than the control practices. This study finds that e-referrals are effective in getting smokers to the web-assisted smoking-cessation induction system and in assisting with quitting that more than compensates for any additional effort that e-referrals require on the part of the practitioner. CLINICAL
trial registrationDPBRN Hygienists Internet Quality Improvement in Tobacco Cessation (HiQuit); NCT01108432.
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