Effectiveness of a stepped primary care smoking cessation intervention (ISTAPS study): design of a cluster randomised trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is a considerable body of evidence on the effectiveness of specific interventions in individuals who wish to quit smoking. However, there are no large-scale studies testing the whole range of interventions currently recommended for helping people to give up smoking; specifically those interventions that include motivational interviews for individuals who are not interested in quitting smoking in the immediate to short term. Furthermore, many of the published studies were undertaken in specialized units or by a small group of motivated primary care centres. The objective of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a stepped smoking cessation intervention based on a trans-theoretical model of change, applied to an extensive group of Primary Care Centres (PCC).

SUBMITTER: Cabezas C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2666720 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature