Attitudes and behaviours in smoking cessation among general practitioners in Finland 2001.
Soz Praventivmed
; 50(6): 355-60, 2005.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
To investigate whether smoking by general practitioners (GPs) and gender influence smoking cessation advice.METHODS:
A self-administered questionnaire, originally developed by the WHO and modified according to the Finnish health care system was sent by mail to physicians who were members of the Finnish Medical Association (FMA). Participants were restricted to those who were living in Finland and were younger than 65 years. Numbers of participants was 3,057 and the response rate 69%.RESULTS:
Smoking male GPs gave less smoking cessation advice only to patients with a stomach ulcer or patients using oral contraceptive pills compared with their non-smoking colleagues. Male GPs gave less smoking cessation advice to pregnant patients or patients using contraceptive pills than female GPs. Female smoking GPs less likely advised patients who were pregnant or who were using oral contraceptive pills to stop smoking than non-smoking female GPs (p <0.001). The percentage of GPs who have never distributed smoking cessation information was lower in men (41%) than in women (45%; p-value 0.052).CONCLUSION:
Minor differences in anti-smoking advice to patients between smoking and non-smoking general practitioners were found. The little involvement of GPs in health promotion activities regarding tobacco control is of concern.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Médicos de Familia
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Actitud Frente a la Salud
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Fumar
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Conocimientos, Actitudes y Práctica en Salud
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Cese del Hábito de Fumar
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Límite:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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Newborn
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Pregnancy
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Soz Praventivmed
Año:
2005
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Finlandia