Spirometry to increase smoking cessation rate: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Addressing tobacco use is an important issue in general health care. In order to improve smoking cessation advice, spirometry values can be displayed to the smoker to demonstrate possible lung function impairment. The estimate of so-called lung age may show a decrease in lung function associated with smoking. It has been suggested that performing spirometry on patients who smoke but are asymptomatic can be a useful way to show the adverse effects of smoking. The aim of this systematic review was to determine if providing spirometry results in combination with smoking cessation counselling can increase smoking cessation rates compared to what is achieved through counselling alone.

Methods

In this systematic review, we included randomized controlled trials (RCTs)

SUBMITTER: Westerdahl E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6662778 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature