The effect of training on the use of tobacco-use cessation guidelines in dental settings.

ABSTRACT:

Background

An increase in the number of dentists conducting tobacco-use cessation treatment is needed. The authors assessed the effects of high-intensity training (HIT) or low-intensity training (LIT) and reimbursement on general dentists' tobacco-use-related attitudes and treatment behaviors.

Methods

The authors randomly selected 265 dentists in three states and assigned them to one of five groups: HIT workshop groups with and without tobacco-use cessation counseling reimbursement, LIT mailed self-study groups with and without reimbursement or a control group. Outcomes at follow-up were dentists' self-reported tobacco-use-related attitudes and behaviors and patients' reports of dentists' behaviors.

Results

Significantly more dentists in the intervention groups report

SUBMITTER: Walsh MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4130169 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature