Smoking-cessation practice guidelines: awareness and implementation among medical teams.
OBJECTIVE
The aim was to evaluate the awareness and implementation of the Smoking Cessation Clinical Practice (SCCP) guidelines.


METHODS
A self-reported questionnaire based on the updated version of the SCCP guidelines was completed by 422 healthcare providers (HCPs) including physicians, dentists, dental hygienists and pharmacists recruited from both public and private sectors in Jordan.


RESULTS
The majority of HCPs reported good smoking-cessation practices. However, their awareness about the SCCP guidelines was inadequate. Approximately 68% of HCPs lacked knowledge of the 5As; about 74% lacked knowledge of the 5Rs of the clinical guidelines for smoking cessation, which are the principal guidelines for smoking intervention and motivation to quit smoking. Fortunately, about 70% of participants from all groups examined and applied most of the steps in the guideline spontaneously without previous knowledge of the guideline. This spontaneous practice could be due to their vast practical experience, and the use of logic and/or basic knowledge about smoking cessation. Compared to physicians, pharmacists and dental hygienists showed significantly more frequent practice of most steps with patients willing to quit smoking.


CONCLUSIONS
Jordanian HCPs showed good, spontaneous smoking-cessation practice. However, this practice could have been better if HCPs had adequate awareness of the SCCP guidelines.
Alzoubi
Karem H
KH
Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan 22110. khalzoubi@just.edu.jo
Azab
Mohammad
M
Khabour
Omar F
OF
Al-Shamaila
Adan W
AW
Ayoub
Nehad M
NM
Al-Omiri
Mahmoud K
MK
Al-Nasser
Amjad D
AD
Mhaidat
Nizar M
NM
Al-Azzam
Sayer I
SI
D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007597:Jordan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult