[Clinical trial of 2 tobacco use cessation interventions in primary care].
OBJECTIVE
To study the efficacy of two types of intervention to stop tobacco dependency.


METHODS
Randomised clinical trial.


METHODS
Primary care centre.


METHODS
Smokers recruited from among the health centre users through the preventive activities and health promotion programme.


METHODS



METHODS
type of intervention. General variables: age, sex, marital status, educational level, work situation, cohabitation with children, smokers at home, number of years smoking, type of tobacco. There were two types of intervention: a) Minimal Intervention (MI). b) Advanced Intervention (AI). 54 patients were included, with 6 losses. 21 were assigned at random to the MI group and 27 to the AI group. Progress was measured at 15 days, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months and a year.


RESULTS
In the MI, 23.8% were abstinent at 15 days; the same percentage at one month and 3 months; 19% at 6 months; and 14.3% remained abstinent after a year. In the AI, 51.9% were abstinent at 15 days; 48.1% at both one and 3 months; 25.9% at 6 months; and 22.2% were still not smoking after a year. No significant differences between the two interventions were found in any of the observations.


CONCLUSIONS
These data do not show that one intervention is better than the other. With the passage of time the effect of the intervention decreased in both groups.
Aleixandre i Martí
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Centro de Salud de Benimaclet, Valencia.
Casanova Matutano
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Mitjans Lafont
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Sánchez Monfort
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Sanmartín Almenar
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods*
Ensayo clínico de dos intervenciones de deshabituación tabáquica en atención primaria.