ArticleBMC family practice2015
Treating tobacco dependence in older adults: a survey of primary care clinicians' knowledge, attitudes, and practice.
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- The Impact of Older Age on Smoking Cessation Outcomes After Standard Advice to Quit.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2023Trial
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- Differences in Normative Beliefs and Tobacco Product Use by Age Among Adults Who Smoke: Cross-Sectional Analysis of a Nationally Representative Sample.Substance use & addiction journal · 2024Article
- Knowledge, attitudes and practices of primary healthcare professionals regarding smoking and smoking cessation among the elderly in France.Tobacco prevention & cessation · 2023Article
- Predictors of Cessation Outcomes Among Older Adult Smokers Enrolled in a Proactive Tobacco Quitline Intervention.Journal of aging and health · 2022Article
- The quality of primary care performance in private sector facilities in Nairobi, Kenya: a cross-sectional descriptive survey.BMC primary care · 2022Article
- Cigarette Smoking Status, Cigarette Exposure, and Duration of Abstinence Predicting Incident Dementia and Death: A Multistate Model Approach.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2021Article
- Smoking cessation behaviors among older U.S. adults.Preventive medicine reports · 2019Article
- Attitudes towards anti-smoking legislation and prevalence of tobacco consumption in Spanish primary healthcare personnel.Tobacco prevention & cessation · 2019Article
- Long-term smoking cessation rates in elderly versus other adult smokers: A 3-year follow-up study in Taiwan.Addictive behaviors reports · 2018Article
- Perceptions regarding the scope of practice of family doctors amongst patients in primary care settings in Nairobi.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2018Article
- A cross-sectional survey of awareness of human papillomavirus-associated oropharyngeal cancers among general practitioners in the UK.BMJ open · 2018Article
- Short-term impact of the EuroPean Accredited Curriculum on Tobacco Treatment Training (EPACTT) program.Tobacco prevention & cessation · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe benefits of smoking cessation among older people are well documented. Despite this, evidence suggests that older smokers are rarely engaged in smoking cessation efforts, and that existing tobacco dependence treatments require further tailoring to the specific needs of older smokers. This study assesses the knowledge, attitudes, and clinical practice of primary care clinicians in relation to addressing tobacco dependence among older people.
methodsA cross-sectional survey of 427 NHS primary care clinicians in a large English city was conducted using modified version of a previously validated questionnaire.
resultsOne hundred and seventy one clinicians (40 % response rate) completed the survey. While the majority (90.0 %) of respondents reported enquiring regularly about older patients' smoking status, just over half (59.1 %) reported providing older patients with smoking cessation support. A lack of awareness in relation to the prevalence and impact of smoking in later life were apparent: e.g. only 47 % of respondents were aware of that approximately 10 life years are lost due to smoking related disease, and only 59 % knew that smoking can reduce the effectiveness of medication prescribed for conditions common in later life. Self-reported attendance at smoking-related training was significantly associated with proactive clinical practice.
conclusionsThere is a need to improve clinicians' knowledge, in relation to smoking and smoking cessation in older patients and to build clinician confidence in seizing teachable moments.
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