Title
The relationship of patient characteristics to physician delivery of advice to stop smoking
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Medicine, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine; Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Publication Date
1987-9
Document Type
Article
Subjects
Adult; Aged; Analysis of Variance; *Counseling; Female; Health Status; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Questionnaires; Smoking; Time Factors
Disciplines
Health Services Administration
Abstract
To investigate the frequency of physician delivery of advice to stop smoking and patient characteristics affecting whether physicians deliver such advice, the authors surveyed 97 current cigarette smokers seen in two specialty and one general medicine clinic at a university medical center. Approximately two thirds of the smokers reported ever having been advised to stop smoking by their current physicians. In univariate and multivariate analyses, the presence of a smoking-related illness, the number of prior attempts to quit, and the duration of cigarette smoking were significantly related to delivery of smoking cessation advice by physicians. Knowledge of factors that affect the provision of advice to stop smoking can be used to enhance the physician's role in smoking intervention.
DOI of Published Version
10.1007/BF02596170
Source
J Gen Intern Med. 1987 Sep-Oct;2(5):337-40.
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Journal of general internal medicine : official journal of the Society for Research and Education in Primary Care Internal Medicine
Related Resources
PubMed ID
3655960
Repository Citation
Ockene, Judith K.; Hosmer, David W.; Williams, Joanne W.; Goldberg, Robert J.; Ockene, Ira S.; Biliouris, Timothy; and Dalen, James E., "The relationship of patient characteristics to physician delivery of advice to stop smoking" (1987). Women’s Health Research Faculty Publications. 329.
https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/wfc_pp/329
