[Effectiveness of non-pharmacological primary care methods for giving up tobacco dependency].
OBJECTIVE
To determine the effectiveness of a systematic and intensive programme of tobacco counselling, as against brief anti-tobacco counselling.


METHODS
Controlled and randomised clinical trial.


METHODS
Primary care medical and nursing clinics at an urban Health Centre in Getafe.


METHODS
Smokers who request health care at the medical clinics for any reason during the recruitment period, who satisfy the inclusion criteria and who want to take part in the study. The inclusion criteria are: 18 years old or more, people who have smoked daily during the previous month any amount of cigarettes, and high motivation (score over 7 on the Richmond test).


METHODS
The 110 patients recruited by each doctor will be included, depending on the clinic they come from, in the control group (brief counselling) or the intervention group (intensive counselling). For the patients in the intervention group, monitoring visits will be programmed for 6 months after giving up. Both groups will be called by phone after a year to see if they are still smoking.


METHODS
Abstinence at 12 months. SECONDARY MEASUREMENTS: a) Recorded at the start: personal details, medical history and smoking history; b) recorded at the consultations: abstinence, date of first giving up and symptoms of withdrawal syndrome.


CONCLUSIONS
The study will define the role of nursing professionals in taking patients off tobacco and will help define the effectiveness of non-medical methods to achieve this.
Sanz Pozo
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Especialista en Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria, Centro de Salud El Greco, Area 10 de Madrid, Getafe, Madrid, España. bsanzpozo@hotmail.com
de Miguel Díaz
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Aragón Blanco
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González González
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Cortes Catalán
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Vázquez
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D037001:Directive Counseling; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011320:Primary Health Care; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods*