The referral of patients to smoking cessation counselling: perceptions and experiences of healthcare providers in general practice.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Few European smokers receive professional counselling when attempting to quit smoking, resulting in suboptimal success rates and poor health outcomes. Healthcare providers in general practice play an important role in referring smokers to smoking cessation counselling. We chose the Netherlands as a case study to qualitatively explore which factors play a role among healthcare providers in general practice with regard to referral for smoking cessation counselling organised both inside and outside general practice.

Methods

We conducted four focus groups and 18 telephone interviews, with a total of 31 healthcare providers who work in general practice. Qualitative content analysis was used to identify relevant factors related to referral behaviours, and each factor wa

SUBMITTER: van Westen-Lagerweij NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8210508 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature