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ArticleAmerican journal of public health2014

A comparison of cessation counseling received by current smokers at US dentist and physician offices during 2010-2011.

Israel T Agaku, Olalekan A Ayo-Yusuf, Constantine I Vardavas

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Article in American journal of public health, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 17% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Use of electronic health records to support smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2014
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  4. Tobacco Cessation Curriculum in Medical Schools: a Scoping Review.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2023
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  6. Smoking and periodontal microorganisms.The Japanese dental science review · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Israel T AgakuThe authors are with the Center for Global Tobacco Control, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Olalekan A. Ayo-Yusuf is also with the Office of the Dean/Director, School of Oral Health Sciences, University of Limpopo, MEDUNSA campus, Pretoria, South Africa.
Olalekan A Ayo-Yusuf
Constantine I Vardavas
University of Limpopo · ZA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesWe compared patient-reported receipt of smoking cessation counseling from US dentists and physicians.

methodsWe analyzed the 2010 to 2011 Tobacco Use Supplement of the Current Population Survey to assess receipt of smoking cessation advice and assistance by a current smoker from a dentist or physician in the past 12 months.

resultsCurrent adult smokers were significantly less likely to be advised to quit smoking during a visit to a dentist (31.2%) than to a physician (64.8%). Among physician patients who were advised to quit, 52.7% received at least 1 form of assistance beyond the simple advice to quit; 24.5% of dental patients received such assistance (P < .05). Approximately 9.4 million smokers who visited a dentist in 2010 to 2011 did not receive any cessation counseling.

conclusionsOur results indicate a need for intensified efforts to increase dentist involvement in cessation counseling. System-level changes, coupled with regular training, may enhance self-efficacy of dentists in engaging patients in tobacco cessation counseling.

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AdultAgedDentistsDirective CounselingFemaleHealth Care SurveysHumansMaleMiddle AgedPhysiciansSmokingSmoking CessationSmoking PreventionUnited StatesYoung Adult

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PMID24922172
PMCPMC4103246
OpenAlexW2118849661

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