Smoking cessation advice: Swiss physicians lack training

von Garnier, Christophe; Kochuparackal, Sascha; Miedinger, David; Leuppi, Jörg D; Tamm, Michael; Battegay, Edouard; Zeller, Andreas (2008). Smoking cessation advice: Swiss physicians lack training. Cancer detection and prevention, 32(3), pp. 209-14. Malden, Mass.: Elsevier 10.1016/j.cdp.2008.08.001

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OBJECTIVES: To assess the use and appropriateness of medical advice for smoking cessation provided by registrars in a General Medicine Outpatient Department to an unselected patient population in Switzerland. METHODS: A prospective observational study in which 314 consecutive outpatients were contacted by phone within 24h after their consultation. Questions and information concerning smoking asked and/or provided by the registrar to patients were collected. RESULTS: Eleven registrars (mean age 34 years (range 29-40), 54% females, mean of 5 years (range 3.5-6 years) postgraduate medical training) worked in the Basel University Hospital Medical Outpatient Department during the study period from 01.01.2006 to 31.03.2006. In total 314 participants (mean 48 years, age range 16-71 years, 50% females) completed the study. Registrars queried 81% of the patients about smoking, but inquired about smoking duration only in 44% of the patients. Twenty-eight percent of the patients received information about the risks related to smoking, whereas cessation was discussed only with 10% and offered to 9% of the patients. CONCLUSION: Though most junior physicians in the survey asked about smoking, they failed to appropriately address tobacco-related health issues and offer cessation advice in the majority of cases. Extended regular training for physicians on smoking-related issues will be necessary in order to improve counselling of smokers and meet the global tobacco challenge.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Original Article)
Division/Institute:	04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gastro-intestinal, Liver and Lung Disorders (DMLL) > Clinic of Pneumology
UniBE Contributor:	von Garnier, Christophe
ISSN:	0361-090X
ISBN:	18789608
Publisher:	Elsevier
Language:	English
Submitter:	Factscience Import
Date Deposited:	04 Oct 2013 15:04
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2022 14:19
Publisher DOI:	10.1016/j.cdp.2008.08.001
PubMed ID:	18789608
Web of Science ID:	000261567600006
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/28048 (FactScience: 116142)