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The 5A’s vs 3A’s plus proactive quitline referral in private practice dental offices: preliminary results: Table 1

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Gordon, Judith S, Andrews, Judy A, Crews, Karen M, Payne, Thomas J, Severson, Herbert H·2007·Tobacco Control

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Aims: The primary aim of our randomised control trial (RCT) was to evaluate the relative efficacy of two dental office based interventions compared to usual care. One intervention consisted of a combination of dental practitioner advice to quit and proactive telephone counselling (3A’s), and the other arm consisted of a dental practitioner delivered intervention based on the 5A’s of the Clinical Practice Guideline (5A’s). Method: 2177 tobacco using patients were enrolled from 68 dental practices in Mississippi. We collected 3-month outcome data from 76% (n = 1652) of participants. Results: Smokers in the two intervention conditions quit at a higher rate than those in usual care; χ 2 (1, n = 1381) = 3.10, p<0.05. Although not significant, more patients in the 5A’s condition quit than those in the 3A’s. Of patients in the 3A’s Condition, 50% reported being asked by their dentist or hygienists about fax referral to the quitline, and 35% were referred. Quitline counsellors contacted 143 (70%) referred participants. Conclusion: These results suggest that there are both advantages and disadvantages to the use of quitlines as an adjunct to brief counselling provided by dental practitioners. Patients receiving quitline counselling quit at higher rates than those who did not; however, only a small percentage of patients received counselling from the quitline. Therefore, it appears that dental professionals may be most effective in helping their patients to quit by regularly providing the 5A’s plus proactively referring only those patients who are highly motivated to a quitline for more intensive counselling.

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Authors
Gordon, J. S., Andrews, J. A., Crews, K. M., Payne, T. J., & Severson, H. H.
Affiliations
  • Oregon Research Institute (US)
  • University of Mississippi Medical Center (US)
Corresponding author
Gordon, Judith S
Venue
Tobacco Control
Publisher
BMJ
Published
2007-07-24
Volume
16
Issue
4
Pages
285-288
ISSN
  • 0964-4563 (ISSN-L)
  • 1468-3318
OpenAlex
W1965400615
Cited by
80
References
14
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FWCI
4.01
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Tobacco Control (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01DA017972)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Smoking Behavior and Cessation
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention
Keywords
tobacco cessation, quitline referral, telephone counseling, brief counseling, smoking cessation, dentists
MeSH terms
Counseling, Dentistry, Female, Humans, Male, Mississippi, Private Practice, Referral and Consultation, Hotlines, Smoking Cessation, Treatment Outcome, Practice Guidelines as Topic

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