Internet delivered support for tobacco control in dental practice: randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The dental visit is a unique opportunity for tobacco control. Despite evidence of effectiveness in dental settings, brief provider-delivered cessation advice is underutilized.

Objective

To evaluate an Internet-delivered intervention designed to increase implementation of brief provider advice for tobacco cessation in dental practice settings.

Methods

Dental practices (N = 190) were randomized to the intervention website or wait-list control. Pre-intervention and after 8 months of follow-up, each practice distributed exit cards (brief patient surveys assessing provider performance, completed immediately after the dental visit) to 100 patients. Based on these exit cards, we assessed: whether patients were asked about tobacco use (ASK) and, among tobacco users

SUBMITTER: Houston TK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2630831 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature