Psychological, demographic and situational factors of family physicians which influence cigarette cessation interventions in office-based practice.
Sixty-five office-based family physicians completed a mailed questionnaire which sought to determine the extent to which these physicians offer cigarette cessation interventions to their patients. This information was related to 44 scales from 7 psychological tests completed by each physician during residency training. Ninety percent of these physicians intervene personally, while outside referral to an expert and internal referral to a nurse were each utilized by less than 12% of the sample. Over 45% of these private practitioners used supplemental video or written materials. A number of psychological characteristics but no demographic or situational variables discriminated physicians regarding the implementation of these cigarette cessation interventions.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009819:Office Visits; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010821:Physicians, Family / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D016540:Smoking Cessation; D016896:Treatment Outcome