Are age and gender associated to tobacco use and knowledge among general practitioners?: Results of a survey in Italy
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to assess knowledge and opinions of Italian general practitioners about the effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions and physicians' attitudes in addressing tobacco-related issues. METHODS: The survey was carried out through a questionnaire administ...
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| author | Brigid Unim Giuseppe Del Prete Maria Rosaria Gualano Silvio Capizzi Walter Ricciardi Antonio Boccia Giuseppe La Torre |
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| description | OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to assess knowledge and opinions of Italian general practitioners about the effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions and physicians' attitudes in addressing tobacco-related issues. METHODS: The survey was carried out through a questionnaire administered to general practitioners (GPs) attending a medical refresher course. 133 Italian GPs participated in the study with a mean age of 51.4 years (SD = 6.2). RESULTS: The GPs had good knowledge about the predictors of smoking onset, pharmacotherapies for tobacco cessation and the clinical guidelines recommendations. Wrong answers were encountered for the prevalence of smokers in Italy, the Fagerstrom Test for nicotine dependence and minimal advice. Females were more subjected to higher knowledge about tobacco, and at lower risk to be a smoker/ex smoker. Furthermore, physicians > 50 years old living in northern Italy had higher knowledge score. CONCLUSIONS: Physician education on tobacco counseling is associated to increased comfort and practice in advising patients who smoke. Tobacco cessation training might increase the success rate of helping patients to quit smoking. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4012624401184cdcb5422124167876e02022-12-22T02:34:11ZengIstituto Superiore di SanitàAnnali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità0021-25712013-09-0149326627110.4415/ANN_13_03_06S0021-25712013000300006Are age and gender associated to tobacco use and knowledge among general practitioners?: Results of a survey in ItalyBrigid Unim0Giuseppe Del Prete1Maria Rosaria Gualano2Silvio Capizzi3Walter Ricciardi4Antonio Boccia5Giuseppe La Torre6Sapienza Università di RomaSapienza Università di RomaUniversità degli Studi di TorinoUniversità Cattolica del Sacro CuoreUniversità Cattolica del Sacro CuoreSapienza Università di RomaSapienza Università di RomaOBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to assess knowledge and opinions of Italian general practitioners about the effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions and physicians' attitudes in addressing tobacco-related issues. METHODS: The survey was carried out through a questionnaire administered to general practitioners (GPs) attending a medical refresher course. 133 Italian GPs participated in the study with a mean age of 51.4 years (SD = 6.2). RESULTS: The GPs had good knowledge about the predictors of smoking onset, pharmacotherapies for tobacco cessation and the clinical guidelines recommendations. Wrong answers were encountered for the prevalence of smokers in Italy, the Fagerstrom Test for nicotine dependence and minimal advice. Females were more subjected to higher knowledge about tobacco, and at lower risk to be a smoker/ex smoker. Furthermore, physicians > 50 years old living in northern Italy had higher knowledge score. CONCLUSIONS: Physician education on tobacco counseling is associated to increased comfort and practice in advising patients who smoke. Tobacco cessation training might increase the success rate of helping patients to quit smoking.http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0021-25712013000300006&lng=en&tlng=ensmokingcessationtobaccocounselinggeneral practitioner (GP) |
| spellingShingle | Brigid Unim Giuseppe Del Prete Maria Rosaria Gualano Silvio Capizzi Walter Ricciardi Antonio Boccia Giuseppe La Torre Are age and gender associated to tobacco use and knowledge among general practitioners?: Results of a survey in Italy Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità smoking cessation tobacco counseling general practitioner (GP) |
| title | Are age and gender associated to tobacco use and knowledge among general practitioners?: Results of a survey in Italy |
| title_full | Are age and gender associated to tobacco use and knowledge among general practitioners?: Results of a survey in Italy |
| title_fullStr | Are age and gender associated to tobacco use and knowledge among general practitioners?: Results of a survey in Italy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Are age and gender associated to tobacco use and knowledge among general practitioners?: Results of a survey in Italy |
| title_short | Are age and gender associated to tobacco use and knowledge among general practitioners?: Results of a survey in Italy |
| title_sort | are age and gender associated to tobacco use and knowledge among general practitioners results of a survey in italy |
| topic | smoking cessation tobacco counseling general practitioner (GP) |
| url | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0021-25712013000300006&lng=en&tlng=en |
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