Smoking cessation counselling practices among health care providers dealing with cancer patients

Aim To asses smoking cessation counselling practices (SCC) among health care providers dealing with cancer patients. Method A cross‐sectional design was used with a sample of 300 providers from three hospitals in Jordan. A self‐report questionnaire was distributed. Results During the initial visit,...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of evaluation in clinical practice 2021-02, Vol.27 (1), p.167-174
Main Authors: Abu‐Baker, Nesrin N., Al‐Jarrah, Ahmad A., Obeidat, Rana F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cancer
cancer patients
Counseling
health care providers
Jordan
Medical personnel
Patient education
practices
Smoking cessation
smoking cessation counselling
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Aim To asses smoking cessation counselling practices (SCC) among health care providers dealing with cancer patients. Method A cross‐sectional design was used with a sample of 300 providers from three hospitals in Jordan. A self‐report questionnaire was distributed. Results During the initial visit, the most frequent practices were asking patients if they smoke and advise smokers to quit (50%, 45% respectively). Only 13% of providers reported treating or referring patients for smoking use cessation intervention. During the follow‐up visits, the most frequent practice was reinforcing the stopping of tobacco use 39%. Overall, physicians had the highest scores of adherence to applying SCC practices. Besides, over 85% of participants believe that tobacco cessation should be a standard part of cancer interventions and clinicians need more training. Over 80% agreed that barriers of implementing SCC practices include lack of training and resources. Finally, receiving SCC training, more years since completion of the most senior degree, and more time spent with cancer patients predicted a higher score of total SCC practices (P 
ISSN:1356-1294
1365-2753
DOI:10.1111/jep.13408