Representativeness of Electronic Referral to Smoking Treatment Trials in Adult Primary Care.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Some populations are underrepresented in smoking treatment research. Electronic health record (EHR)-enabled referral of patients who smoke, which may enhance the representativeness of clinical trial samples. This study assessed the representativeness of smoking treatment trial electronic referral (e-referral), exclusion, enrollment, and engagement in primary care.

Aims and methods

Eighteen adult primary care clinics in two healthcare systems offered patients who smoked e-referral to smoking reduction or cessation treatment trials. Extracted EHR data were analyzed to compare rates of e-referral and enrollment across patient groups defined by sex, age, race, ethnicity, and insurance status. Trial eligibility screening data were analyzed to identify differential ex

SUBMITTER: Kim N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12280171 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature