A tailored intervention to support pharmacy-based counseling for smoking cessation.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Pharmacists are uniquely positioned within the community to provide smoking cessation counseling to their patients. However, pharmacists experience significant barriers to providing counseling, including limited time, reimbursement, and training in counseling techniques. We tested a computer-driven software system, "Exper_Quit" (EQ), that provided individually tailored interventions to patients who smoke and matching tailored reports for pharmacists to help guide cessation counseling.

Methods

A two-phase design was used to recruit an observation-only group (OBS; n = 100), followed by participants (n = 200) randomly assigned to receive either EQ-assisted pharmacist counseling or EQ plus 8 weeks of nicotine transdermal patch (EQ+). Both treatment groups were sched

SUBMITTER: Bock BC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2825100 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature