A Systematic Literature Review of Self-Reported Smoking Cessation Counseling by Primary Care Physicians.

ABSTRACT: Tobacco consumption is a risk factor for chronic diseases and worldwide around six million people die from long-term exposure to first- or second-hand smoke annually. One effective approach to tobacco control is smoking cessation counseling by primary care physicians. However, research suggests that smoking cessation counseling is not sufficiently implemented in primary care. In order to understand and address the discrepancy between evidence and practice, an overview of counseling practices is needed. Therefore, the aim of this systematic literature review is to assess the frequency of smoking cessation counseling in primary care. Self-reported counseling behavior by physicians is categorized according to the 5A's strategy (ask, advise, assess, assist, arrange). An electronic database sea

SUBMITTER: Bartsch AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5176294 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature