Smoking Prevention Counseling Practices of Montreal General Practitioners

Abstract

Our results point to the need for renewed efforts to enhance preventive efforts in primary care settings. Intervention programs for GPs should emphasize overcoming unfavorable beliefs and attitudes and low self-efficacy. Future research should evaluate the effect of brief prevention counseling adapted to increasingly busy practices.

Smoking counseling practices of physicians in the United Arab Emirates

“…The findings presented in this study substantiate previous reports regarding difficulties associated with offering smoking advice (8)(9)(10)(11)17,18). For example, in a systematic review (11) that analysed the negative beliefs and attitudes of physicians towards addressing smoking cessation with patients, the most frequently stated obstacles were that discussion about smoking cessation was too time consuming (42%), ineffective (38%), lack in confidence to discuss smoking cessation (22%), and lack in confidence in knowledge (16%).…”

“…The results of this study indicate that physician-reported rates of smoking Reported percentages exclude missing data ascertainment and patient smoking counseling completeness are suboptimal. Consistent with findings in other countries that show that physicians do not adhere to counseling recommendations (7)(8)(9)(10)17), this survey indicates that less than half the physicians in the UAE offer smoking advice or assistance to the majority of their patients. A relatively low percentage of physicians indicated that they have the skills to assist their patients quit smoking, or know of community resources to refer their patients to.…”

Tobacco Smoking Prevalence, Health Risk, and Cessation in the UAE

“…Although most GPs in the UAE have favorable attitudes regarding their role in counseling on smoking cessation, the actual practices fall below current recommendations. 30 Consistent with the findings in other countries that showed GPs do not adhere to the counseling recommendations, 31 , 32 a cross-sectional study reviewed suggests that half of the physicians in the UAE provide smoking assistance or preventive advice to pre-adolescents (9–12 years), 50% GPs provided preventive advice to adolescents (13–19 years), and 65% of GPs provided preventive advice to young adults (20–24 years). 16 Another survey indicated that 47% of GPs had skills to help patients quit smoking, and 24% knew about the community resources to refer their patients to.…”

The evaluation of a Taiwanese training program in smoking cessation and the trainees' adherence to a practice guideline

“…The response rate of our long tern evaluation questionnaire (38%) was lower than other studies [11,12,19-23]. It has been well recognized that physicians in Taiwan are reluctant to answer questionnaires.…”