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An exploration of the barriers to attendance at the English Stop Smoking Services.
Kale, Dimitra; Gilbert, Hazel; Sutton, Stephen.
Afiliação
  • Kale D; Research Department of Primary Care and Population Health, UCL, London, UK.
  • Gilbert H; Research Department of Primary Care and Population Health, UCL, London, UK.
  • Sutton S; Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Addict Behav Rep ; 9: 005-5, 2019 Jun.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31193736
INTRODUCTION: Despite the availability of effective stop smoking assistance, most smokers do not utilise formal cessation programmes such as the English Stop Smoking Services (SSS). We modified the Treatment Barriers Questionnaire (TBQ), developed in the USA, and distributed it to a sample of English smokers to explore the most important barriers to the use of the SSS. METHODS: Participants of Start2quit, a randomised controlled trial aiming to increase attendance at the SSS using tailored risk information and 'taster' sessions, who reported at follow-up that they had not attended the SSS, were asked to complete the TBQ; 672 (76.9% response rate) were retained for analysis. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was conducted to examine the structure of the data. Multiple linear regressions were used to determine whether any participant characteristics were associated with particular barriers. RESULTS: The most commonly endorsed items related to a lack of information on and a lack of confidence in the efficacy of the SSS. PCA yielded seven factors: Work and time constraints (Factor1); Smokers should quit on their own (Factor2); Nothing can help in quitting smoking(Factor3); Disinterest in quitting (Factor4); Lack of social support to attend (Factor5); Lack of privacy at programmes (Factor6); Lack of information and perceived availability (Factor7). Age was associated with Factors 1, 3 and 4, motivation to quit with Factors 2 and 4, and confidence in quitting with Factors 1, 2, and 3. CONCLUSIONS: The findings suggest that many barriers exist, and they vary according to smoker demographics and characteristics, pointing to the need for tailored recruitment strategies. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ISRCTN76561916.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Tipo de estudo: Clinical_trials Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2019 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Tipo de estudo: Clinical_trials Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2019 Tipo de documento: Article