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Consejo breve sobre el tabaco en atención primaria de salud en Chile: un desafío pendiente
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Alcántara-Gómez, Juan Martinez-Gutierrez, Javiera Bambs, S. Claudia Villarroel, Paul Cabrolier, Jorge Flores, Paul S. Irarrázabal, U. Isabel Orus, N. Cristián Scheel, L. Franco Vargas, Fernando José Matus Verdaguer, Dolors |
| Copyright Year | 2016 |
| Abstract | Introduction: Smoking is the leading cause of preventable morbidity and mortality worldwide. In Chile smoking preva- lence is 40.6%, the highest on the continent. Brief advice or brief counseling (BC) is a simple, effective and inexpensive intervention for tobacco consumption cessation, that has been shown decrease smoking prevalence in Primary Health Care (PHC). There is little information on the use of BC in PHC in Chile. Methods: Cross-sectional study of quantitative methodology. 604 patients were surveyed from 2 PHC centers of Santiago, after receiving clinical care. Data was analyzed with SPSS 21 and Graph Pad web calculator. Results: The smoking prevalence among respondents was 32.5%, 78.6% of them expressed desire to quit 43.7% of respondents were asked about consumption of tobacco in a recent consultation, and a total 36.9% of smokers were advised to quit. Smokers patients rated reciving CB as "indifferent", "pleasant" or "very pleasant" in 94,9% and 90,5% among those who did not want to quit. Conclusion: Smoking is a problem rarely addressed in PHC, this contrasts with the high prevalence of domestic consumption and consulting patients. Most smokers want to quit and only a minority considered "unpleasant" or "very unpleasant" being advised to cease consumption, even in those smokers who do not want to quit. |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://arsmedica.cl/index.php/MED/article/download/47/26 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |