Table 2 |
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Proportion of patients where cessation was raised in consultation, by audit (n = 893) |
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| Characteristics |
Audit 1 |
Audit 2 |
p |
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| GP initiated cessation discussion |
80% |
78% |
0.566 |
| Assessed readiness to quit |
94% |
97% |
0.008 |
| Asked about previous unsuccessful attempts |
40% |
54% |
0.002 |
| Assessed nicotine dependence‡ |
38% |
68% |
0.001 |
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‡ number of cigarettes per day and minutes after waking until first cigarette |
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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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