Attitudes and behaviours in smoking cessation among general practitioners in Finland 2001

Barengo, Noël C.; Sandström, Herbert; Jormanainen, Vesa; Myllykangas, Markku

doi:10.1007/s00038-005-4097-z

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“…11,12,20 Generally, studies found that GPs who smoke report giving cessation advice less frequently than nonsmoking GPs, although not all studies supported this pattern. Studies in Austria, 21 Finland, 22 France, 23,24 and Greece 25 all found that non-smoking GPs were significantly more likely than smoking GPs to report that they raised the issue or advise quitting. However, a recent comparative study of 11 European Union (EU) countries concluded that while GPs who smoke tended to be less frequent in advising quitting, the difference was not significant.…”

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Factors influencing European GPs' engagement in smoking cessation: a multi-country literature review

Stead

Angus²,

Holme³

et al. 2009

Br J Gen Pract

107

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Background: Smoking cessation advice by GPs is an effective and cost-effective intervention, but is not implemented as widely as it could be. Aim: This wide-ranging Europe-wide literature review, part of the European Union (EU) PESCE (General Practitioners and the Economics of Smoking Cessation in Europe) project, explored the extent of GPs’ engagement in smoking cessation and the factors that influence their engagement. Method: Two searches were conducted, one for grey literature, across all European countries, and one for academic studies. Data from eligible studies published from 1990 onwards were synthesised and reported under four categories of influencing factors: GP characteristics, patient characteristics, structural factors, and cessation-specific knowledge and skills. Results: The literature showed that most GPs in Europe question the smoking status of all new patients but fewer routinely ask this of regular patients, or advise smokers to quit. The proportion offering intensive interventions or prescribing treatments is lower still. Factors influencing GPs’ engagement in smoking cessation include GPs’ own smoking status and their attitudes towards giving smoking cessation advice; whether patients present with smoking-related symptoms, are pregnant, or heavy smokers; time, training, and reimbursement are important structural factors; and some GPs lack knowledge and skills regarding the use of specific cessation methods and treatments, or have limited awareness of specialist cessation services. No single factor or category of factors explains the variations in GPs’ engagement in smoking cessation. Conclusion: Strategies to improve the frequency and quality of GPs’ engagement in smoking cessation need to address the multifaceted influences on GPs’ practice and to reflect the widely differing contexts across Europe.Co-authored by the PESCE European Research Tea

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Section: Gp Characteristicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Factors influencing European GPs' engagement in smoking cessation: a multi-country literature review

Stead

Angus²,

Holme³

et al. 2009

Br J Gen Pract

107

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“…[1][2][3] Like their patients, however, some family doctors use tobacco, alcohol, and other addictive drugs. This could put themselves, their practices, and the health of the general population at risk; as such, private problems may become a wider social problem.…”

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GPs’ attitudes on a healthy lifestyle: a survey of GPs in Flanders

Saeys

Cammu

2014

Br J Gen Pract

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“…Physicians' role in health education is very important and is often expected to serve as role models for a healthy lifestyle (17,18). When Physicians have an unhealthy lifestyle, it might provide their patients with less effective advice on this topic than their more health-conscious colleagues (19,20).…”

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Tobacco Use and Associated Factors in Medical Students

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Background: Many studies indicate that one of the leading preventable causes of premature death, disease and disability around the world is Tobacco use. Unfortunately, adolescents and young adults of colleges are often targeted of marketing by the tobacco industry. The aim of this study was to assess the relative frequency of tobacco use and associated factors in medical students. Methods: This cross-sectional study has done among medical students in 2014 -2015. Totally, 284 students from 4 levels (basic, extern, intern and residents) were selected by random sampling from each category. We used a checklist for collecting demographic information that was distributed among participants by a trained interviewer. SPSS-11.5 software was used for data analysis andsignificance level was considered < 0.05. Results: Among 284 medical students, 17 (6%) smoked cigarette and 3 (1.05%) used illicit substance. All of the users were male, 15 (88%) of which were single. 1 (1.4 %) of the basic level students, 6 (6.9 %) of the externs, 9 (14.8 %) of the Interns and 1(1.6 %) of the residents used cigarette but the differences among these groups were not significant (P = 0.36). Generally, 13 (76.5%) of the users resided in dormitory and the others lived in parental home, which shows a significant difference among these groups (P = 0.01).The logistic regression indicated stage level was positively associated with cigarette use (P < 0.007). Conclusions:In this study, we evaluated how several environmental factors may influence illicit substance and tobacco use. We found an association between living in a dormitory and smoking cigarette, so it is an important factor to be considered in program planning for new students who entered into this environment.

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Attitudes and behaviours in smoking cessation among general practitioners in Finland 2001

Abstract: Minor differences in anti-smoking advice to patients between smoking and non-smoking general practitioners were found. The little involvement of GPs in health promotion activities regarding tobacco control is of concern.

Cited by 47 publications

References 18 publications

Factors influencing European GPs' engagement in smoking cessation: a multi-country literature review

Factors influencing European GPs' engagement in smoking cessation: a multi-country literature review

GPs’ attitudes on a healthy lifestyle: a survey of GPs in Flanders

Tobacco Use and Associated Factors in Medical Students

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