Patient Perspectives on Smoking Cessation and Interventions in Rheumatology Clinics.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Although smoking is a risk factor for cardiovascular and rheumatic disease severity, only 10% of rheumatology visits document cessation counseling. After implementing a rheumatology clinic protocol that increased tobacco quitline referrals 20-fold, we undertook this study to examine patients' barriers and facilitators to smoking cessation based on prior rheumatology experiences, to solicit reactions to the new cessation protocol, and to identify patient-centered outcomes or signs of cessation progress following improved care.

Methods

We recruited 19 patients who smoke (12 with rheumatoid arthritis [RA] and 7 with systemic lupus erythematosus [SLE]) to participate in 1 of 3 semistructured focus groups. Transcripts of the focus group discussions were analyzed using t

SUBMITTER: Wattiaux A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6697238 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature