The role of gender in a smoking cessation intervention: a cluster randomized clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The prevalence of smoking in Spain is high in both men and women. The aim of our study was to evaluate the role of gender in the effectiveness of a specific smoking cessation intervention conducted in Spain.

Methods

This study was a secondary analysis of a cluster randomized clinical trial in which the randomization unit was the Basic Care Unit (family physician and nurse who care for the same group of patients). The intervention consisted of a six-month period of implementing the recommendations of a Clinical Practice Guideline. A total of 2,937 current smokers at 82 Primary Care Centers in 13 different regions of Spain were included (2003-2005). The success rate was measured by a six-month continued abstinence rate at the one-year follow-up. A logistic mixed-eff

SUBMITTER: Puente D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3125366 | biostudies-literature | 2011 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature