Table 1 |
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Types of cessation actions employed by GPs, by audit (n = 1,114) |
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| Characteristics |
Audit 1 (n = 558) |
Audit 2 (n = 556) |
p |
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| Raised issue of smoking cessation |
74% |
87% |
0.035 |
| Taken action to assist patient to quit |
79% |
89% |
0.005 |
| Provided patients with clear advice to quit |
53% |
70% |
0.001 |
| Provided additional help within consultation† |
14% |
23% |
0.006 |
| Provided printed material |
22% |
38% |
0.003 |
| Provided product advice (NRT or Bupropion) |
12% |
19% |
0.006 |
| Referred patients to other services |
10% |
22% |
0.002 |
| Followed up and reviewed progress |
11% |
21% |
0.019 |
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† discussed barriers to quitting, CBT strategies or assisted patient to devise a quit plan |
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McKay-Brown et al. Asia Pacific Family Medicine 2008 7:4 doi:10.1186/1447-056X-7-4 |
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