Primary Care Physician Perspectives on Recommending E-cigarettes to Smokers: a Best-Worst Discrete Choice Experiment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Recent clinical trials suggest that e-cigarettes may be more effective for smoking cessation than traditional cessation aids, yet primary care physician (PCP) practices regarding e-cigarette recommendations for smokers have not been studied in-depth.

Objective

To identify factors influencing PCP recommendation of e-cigarettes for smoking cessation.

Design

Discrete choice experiment and survey.

Participants

Florida PCPs.

Measures

The survey included a discrete choice experiment in which PCPs indicated whether they would recommend e-cigarettes for each of 8 hypothetical patient profiles with the following contrasting characteristics: e-cigarette use, interest in approved cessation methods, smoking intensity, prior experience with approved cessat

SUBMITTER: Salloum RG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8606483 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature