The relationship of patient characteristics to physician delivery of advice to stop smoking
Authors
Ockene, Judith K.Hosmer, David W.
Williams, Joanne W.
Goldberg, Robert J.
Ockene, Ira S.
Biliouris, Timothy
Dalen, James E.
UMass Chan Affiliations
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular MedicineDepartment of Medicine, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine
Document Type
Journal ArticlePublication Date
1987-09-01Keywords
AdultAged
Analysis of Variance
*Counseling
Female
Health Status
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Questionnaires
Smoking
Time Factors
Health Services Administration
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To investigate the frequency of physician delivery of advice to stop smoking and patient characteristics affecting whether physicians deliver such advice, the authors surveyed 97 current cigarette smokers seen in two specialty and one general medicine clinic at a university medical center. Approximately two thirds of the smokers reported ever having been advised to stop smoking by their current physicians. In univariate and multivariate analyses, the presence of a smoking-related illness, the number of prior attempts to quit, and the duration of cigarette smoking were significantly related to delivery of smoking cessation advice by physicians. Knowledge of factors that affect the provision of advice to stop smoking can be used to enhance the physician's role in smoking intervention.Source
J Gen Intern Med. 1987 Sep-Oct;2(5):337-40.
DOI
10.1007/BF02596170Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/50801PubMed ID
3655960Related Resources
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