Trial reportJournal of the American Pharmacists Association : JAPhA
Outcomes of a randomized trial evaluating two approaches for promoting pharmacy-based referrals to the tobacco quitline.
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- Strategies to improve the implementation of preventive care in primary care: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Implementation of an academic detailing intervention to increase naloxone distribution and foster engagement in harm reduction from the community clinician.Journal of the American Pharmacists Association : JAPhATrial
- Effect of a Smoking Cessation Education Program on the Knowledge, Attitude, and Self-Efficacy of Community Pharmacists in Japan: A Quasi-Experimental Study.Tobacco use insights · 2024Article
- Patient awareness, perceptions, and attitudes towards pharmacists prescribing tobacco cessation medications.Research in social & administrative pharmacy : RSAP · 2023Article
- Pharmacist-Led Implementation of Brief Tobacco Cessation Interventions during Mobile Health Access Events.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Implementing Brief Tobacco Cessation Interventions in Community Pharmacies: An Application of Rogers' Diffusion of Innovations Theory.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- The impact of a regional smoking cessation program on referrals and use of Quitline services in Queensland, Australia: a controlled interrupted time series analysis.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2021Article
- Perceived Roles of Independent Community Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians in Patient Referrals to Community Resources: A Study from the Medication Safety Research Network of Indiana (Rx-SafeNet).Journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy : JACCP · 2019Article
- Academic detailing increases prescription drug monitoring program use among primary care practices.Journal of the American Pharmacists Association : JAPhAArticle
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Abstract
objectivesTo evaluate the long-term impact of 2 promising intervention approaches to engage pharmacy personnel (pharmacists, technicians) in referring patients who want to quit smoking to the tobacco quitline.
designRandomized trial.
settingCommunity pharmacies in Connecticut (n = 32) and Washington (n = 32).
interventionTwo intervention approaches were evaluated: academic detailing (AD), which involved on-site training for pharmacy staff about the quitline, versus mailed quitline materials (MM).
main outcome measuresChanges in the overall percentage of quitline registrants who reported hearing about the quitline from any pharmacy during the 6-month baseline monitoring period versus the 12-month intervention period, and between-group comparisons of a) the number of quitline registrants who reported hearing about the quitline from one of the study pharmacies during the 12-month intervention period, and b) the number of quitline cards and brochures distributed to patients during the first 6 months of the intervention period.
resultsThe percentage of quitline callers who reported having heard about the quitline from a pharmacy increased significantly, from 2.2% during the baseline monitoring period to 3.8% during the 12-month intervention (P < 0.0001). In addition, comparisons controlled for seasonal effects also revealed significant increases in referrals. Across all 64 pharmacies, 10,013 quitline cards and 4755 brochures were distributed. The number of quitline cards distributed and the number registrants who reported hearing about the quitline from a pharmacy did not differ by intervention approach (AD vs. MM), although AD pharmacies distributed more quitline brochures (P = 0.022).
conclusionBrief cessation interventions are feasible in community pharmacies, and the 2 approaches evaluated for engaging pharmacy personnel were similarly effective and collectively led to meaningful increases in the number and proportion of all patients who called the quitline. Involvement of community pharmacy personnel in tobacco cessation presents a significant opportunity to promote quitline services by connecting patients with an effective publicly available resource.
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