The delivery of Ask-Advise-Connect for smoking cessation in Dutch general practice during the COVID-19 pandemic: results of a pre-post implementation study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Ask-Advise-Connect approach can help primary care providers to increase the number of smokers that attempt to quit smoking and enrol into cessation counselling. The approach has not yet been implemented in general practice in the Netherlands. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of a comprehensive implementation strategy on the delivery of Ask-Advise-Connect for smoking cessation within Dutch general practice during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

A pre-post study was conducted between late 2020 and early 2022, and included 106 Dutch primary care providers (GPs, practice nurses and doctor's assistants). Participation lasted nine months: during the first three months participants delivered smoking cessation care as usual (pre-intervention); the

SUBMITTER: van Westen-Lagerweij NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10280870 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature