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Jongebloed H, Cole E, Dean E, Ugalde A. The role of general practice nurses in supporting people to quit smoking: A qualitative study. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0306555. [PMID: 39024273 PMCID: PMC11257311 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0306555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2023] [Accepted: 06/11/2024] [Indexed: 07/20/2024] Open
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PURPOSE Encounters with General Practitioners (GPs) have previously been identified as opportune for the delivery of smoking cessation care however the role of nurses in general practice settings is unclear. This study aimed to understand how nurses are providing smoking cessation care in general practice. METHODS Participants were registered nurses currently working in a general practice setting in Australia, who participated in one-off interviews over Zoom. Interviews were recorded and a thematic analysis was conducted. RESULTS Fourteen nurses participated of which 13 (93%) were female. Three themes were evident in the data: 1) Nurses' current practices in supporting people to quit smoking, 2) The influence of the general practice setting on smoking cessation discussions and 3) The challenges experienced by nurses in providing optimal smoking cessation care. Theme one describes the strategies currently employed by nurses to deliver smoking cessation care such as identifying appropriate clinical scenarios to have smoking cessation conversations with patients. Theme two explores the impact of diversity in the systems, processes, and structures across Australian general practice settings on the support offered by nurses, such as opportunities for ongoing relationships with patients Theme three focuses on ambiguity in nurses' roles within the practice setting including a lack of clarity for nurses in their roles in delivering smoking cessation care in the general practice setting. CONCLUSIONS General practice nurses recognise the importance of their role in providing smoking cessation care and consider that general practice settings are ideally positioned to deliver that care. Smoking cessation care provided by nurses varies according to systems and processes within general practice clinics and relationships with general practitioners. Vaping is an emerging issue and nurses are seeking information on how to address this with patients. There is opportunity to support nurses to provide improved smoking cessation care.
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- Hannah Jongebloed
- Institute for Health Transformation, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Burwood, Australia
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- Quit Victoria, Cancer Council Victoria, East Melbourne, Australia
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- Quit Victoria, Cancer Council Victoria, East Melbourne, Australia
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- Institute for Health Transformation, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Burwood, Australia
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Zhang G, Zhou J, Luk TT, Lam VSF, Yao Z, Wang MP, Cheung YTD. The learning outcomes of smoking cessation training in undergraduate nursing students: A systematic review. Nurse Educ Pract 2024; 75:103907. [PMID: 38308947 DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2024.103907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2023] [Revised: 01/22/2024] [Accepted: 01/25/2024] [Indexed: 02/05/2024]
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AIM To systematically evaluate the effect of smoking cessation training on nursing students' learning outcomes. DESIGN This systematic review followed the PRISMA guidelines and was registered with PROSPERO (CRD42022373280). METHODS Ten electronic English and Chinese databases were searched to identify articles on nursing students' smoking cessation training from inception to October 2022. Medical Education Research Study Quality Instrument was used to assess the methodological quality of eligible studies. RESULTS Twelve moderate methodological quality studies (three randomized controlled trials and nine quasi-experimental studies) with 2114 undergraduate nursing students were included. Teaching strategies included didactic lectures, collaborative learning, blended learning and the service-learning approach. Eight studies showed that the training significantly increased nursing students' knowledge of smoking cessation (p < 0.05) and three of them showed a large effect size (Cohen's d: 0.83-1.31). Seven studies showed that training enhanced students' attitudes/motivation towards smoking cessation interventions significantly (p < 0.05) and two of them showed a large effect size (Cohen's d: 1.11-1.84). Nine studies reported that students' self-efficacy improved significantly after training (p < 0.05) and six of them showed a large effect size (Cohen's d: 0.98-2.18). Two one-group pre-post studies showed training significantly improved students' practice of 5 A's behavior (p < 0.05), with a small effect size (Cohen's d < 0.50). CONCLUSIONS This review showed that smoking cessation training had a positive and large effect on undergraduate nursing students' knowledge, attitudes/motivation and self-efficacy towards smoking cessation intervention, but the effect of changing the practice of 5 A's was modest. We noted that very few RCTs were done and most studies only used subjective measures. More robust experimental studies with long-term follow-up are warranted in evaluating nursing students' practice/behavior of smoking cessation intervention and patients' quitting outcomes. Blended and collaborative learning are recommended in smoking cessation education.
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- Guowen Zhang
- School of Nursing, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- School of Nursing, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- School of Nursing, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- School of Nursing, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- School of Nursing, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- School of Nursing, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- School of Nursing, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
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Song J, Chen Y, Zhang Z, Cao Y, Zhang L. Study on the participation of nursing staff in tobacco cessation support and related influencing factors: A survey from Chongqing, China. Tob Induc Dis 2023; 21:131. [PMID: 37842547 PMCID: PMC10568683 DOI: 10.18332/tid/170753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2023] [Revised: 08/06/2023] [Accepted: 08/09/2023] [Indexed: 10/17/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Nursing staff's assistance for smokers to quit smoking can increase the rate of quitting. The smoking cessation help can be affected by many factors. This study surveyed the use of the 5As (Asking, Advising, Assessing, Assisting, Arranging) approach to support smoking cessation by the nursing staff in Chongqing, China, and analyzed the corresponding influencing factors. METHODS A stratified random cluster sampling method was used to select nursing staff from 8 tertiary hospitals, 5 secondary hospitals, 12 community health centers, and 35 township health centers in different geographical regions of Chongqing. A questionnaire survey was conducted among the nursing staff to investigate their participation in smoking cessation. Binary logistic regression analysis was employed to analyze the influencing factors of smoking cessation 5As behavior of the nursing staff. RESULTS The 1669 participants were 44 males (2.6%) and 1625 females (97.4%), with an average age of 37.00 ± 10.89 years. Among the participants, 55.2% were from tertiary hospitals, 23.2% from secondary hospitals, 14.2% from township health centers, and 7.4 from community health centers. The often or always used behaviors were: Asking, 69.2%; Advising, 53.0%; Assessing, 39.5%; Assisting, 33.7%; and Arranging, 25.1%. The factors that affected all the 5As were: smoking cessation training (AOR=1.60; 95% CI: 1.22-2.11), knowledge of smoking cessation guidelines (AOR=1.75; 95% CI: 1.32-2.32) and the use of smoking cessation Apps (AOR=1.50; 95% CI: 1.09-2.06), and smokers' willingness to quit (AOR=2.20; 95% CI: 1.60-3.02). CONCLUSIONS Smoker's motivation to quit smoking and nurses' knowledge of tobacco cessation resources affected nurses' participation in smoking control behavior. While encouraging smokers to quit smoking, clinical nursing staff should be provided with related resources to advocate smoking cessation. Guided by the Chinese Clinical Tobacco Cessation Guidelines, smoking control knowledge and skills training should be provided for nursing staff to increase their positive attitude towards smoking control, so as to promote their active participation.
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- Jun Song
- Department of Ophthalmology, Chongqing General Hospital, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China
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- College of Nursing, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China
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- Integrated Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine Department, Healthcare Center, Jinlong Town, People’s Republic of China
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- The First People's Hospital of Chongqing High-tech Zone, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China
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- College of Nursing, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China
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Čivljak M, Ačkar L, Puljak L. The knowledge, attitudes and behaviors of hospital nurses on smoking cessation interventions: a cross-sectional study. BMC Nurs 2023; 22:228. [PMID: 37394472 DOI: 10.1186/s12912-023-01394-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2023] [Accepted: 06/22/2023] [Indexed: 07/04/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Smoking is a major public health problem in Croatia. It is unknown to what extent nurses in Croatia use interventions for smoking cessation to help their patients. This study aimed to analyze the knowledge, attitudes and behaviors of hospital nurses on smoking cessation interventions. METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional study in Zagreb, Croatia, in 2022 on a convenient sample of hospital nurses. We collected data with a questionnaire that included sociodemographic questions and questions about the frequency of implementation of 5 A's (Ask, Advise, Assess, Assist, Arrange) interventions for smoking cessation during their work using the Helping Smokers Quit (HSQ) survey, participants' attitudes and knowledge about smoking cessation skills and the smoking status of the nurses. RESULTS There were 824 nurses employed in the targeted departments; 258 nurses participated in the study (response rate: 31%). Among them, 43% responded that they always ask patients about their use of tobacco products. Only 2.7% indicated that they always help the patient to stop smoking. Very few (2%) attended any training in the past two years about helping patients to quit smoking, and 82% never had such training. 44% of the included nurses were smokers. Nurses who smoked stated more frequently than nonsmokers they should not be role models for their patients by avoiding smoking (P 0.001). Additionally, patients were less frequently questioned about their inability to stop smoking by nurses who smoked than nurses who did not smoke (P = 0.010). CONCLUSION Even though smoking cessation interventions delivered by nurses were proven effective, such interventions are used by a small number of surveyed nurses. A small number of nurses have received training to help them support smokers in quitting. The high smoking prevalence among nurses may impact their attitudes and the implementation of workplace smoking cessation efforts.
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- Marta Čivljak
- Center for Evidence-Based Medicine and Health Care, Catholic University of Croatia, Ilica 242, Zagreb, 10000, Croatia
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- Center for Evidence-Based Medicine and Health Care, Catholic University of Croatia, Ilica 242, Zagreb, 10000, Croatia
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- Center for Evidence-Based Medicine and Health Care, Catholic University of Croatia, Ilica 242, Zagreb, 10000, Croatia.
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Sezai I, Taniguchi C, Yoshimi I, Hirano T, Wakao F. How Self-Efficacy Toward, Perceived Importance of, and Beliefs about Smoking Cessation Support Impact-Related Behaviors in Japanese Nursing Professionals. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:ijerph19042304. [PMID: 35206486 PMCID: PMC8872346 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19042304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2021] [Revised: 02/08/2022] [Accepted: 02/10/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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This study investigated the relationships among Japanese nursing professionals’ percetions of the importance of smoking cessation support (SCS), attitude toward SCS, SCS self-efficacy, and SCS behaviors. An anonymous, self-administered questionnaire was administered to 613 nursing professionals (valid response rate: 89.9%) who participated in SCS workshops in Japan between May 2019 and February 2020. The survey measured factors such as SCS behaviors (the 5 As) and attitude toward SCS. Participants responded that they “always” or “usually” performed the 5 As at the following rates: Ask, 65.6%; Advise, 46.7%; Assess, 34.4%; Assist, 19.7%; and Arrange, 20.9%. Significant differences in implementation rates between “non-engagers” and “engagers” were found for all steps except Ask. Those who engaged daily in SCS had significantly higher scores for SCS behaviors and SCS perceived importance, attitude, and self-efficacy than those who did not. Structural equation modeling yielded a model with 61% explanatory power, which demonstrated that beliefs about and perceived importance of SCS had a greater impact on SCS behaviors than self-efficacy. Promotion of SCS behaviors among nursing professionals in Japan requires the beliefs about and recognition of the importance of SCS to be improved. The importance of engaging in SCS daily is also recommended.
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- Izumi Sezai
- Community Health Nursing Section, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa 359-8513, Japan
- Institute for Cancer Control, National Cancer Center, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan; (C.T.); (I.Y.); (T.H.); (F.W.)
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- Institute for Cancer Control, National Cancer Center, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan; (C.T.); (I.Y.); (T.H.); (F.W.)
- Chronic Illness Care Nursing, College of Nursing, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute 480-1195, Japan
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- Institute for Cancer Control, National Cancer Center, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan; (C.T.); (I.Y.); (T.H.); (F.W.)
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- Institute for Cancer Control, National Cancer Center, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan; (C.T.); (I.Y.); (T.H.); (F.W.)
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- Institute for Cancer Control, National Cancer Center, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan; (C.T.); (I.Y.); (T.H.); (F.W.)
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Li M, Okamoto R, Kiya M, Tanaka M, Koide K. Development of a prenatal smoking cessation counseling scale for public health nurses in Japan. Tob Induc Dis 2021; 19:62. [PMID: 34393694 PMCID: PMC8328187 DOI: 10.18332/tid/140088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2021] [Revised: 06/20/2021] [Accepted: 07/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION This study aimed to develop a scale to measure prenatal smoking cessation counseling for Japanese public health nurses (PHNs). METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted via an anonymous, self-administered questionnaire. The sample included 1933 PHNs working in 424 municipal health centers nationwide, which were randomly selected. We created the draft scale based on semi-structured interviews, previous studies, and preliminary survey. Additionally, we conducted back translation for English version of the draft scale to be applicable in English countries. The analytic strategy consisted of item analysis, exploratory factor analysis, and differentiation by 'known groups'. RESULTS A total of 550 responses (28.5%) were included in the analysis. Most of the respondents were female (98.2%) and the mean age was 37.5±9.37 years. In the exploratory factor analysis, two factors were extracted and the factor loadings for all items were greater than 0.40. The first factor with eleven items was named as 'basic counseling' and the second factor with seven items was named as 'advanced counseling'. The Cronbach's alpha of the scale was 0.918, and the cumulative contribution was 44.908%. Multiple comparisons by experience years working as a PHN revealed significant differences in the scale and two factors. CONCLUSIONS In this study, we initially developed the prenatal smoking cessation counseling scale for Japanese PHNs, and the reliability and validity of the scale were considered to be acceptable.
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- Meng Li
- Division of Health Sciences, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Division of Health Sciences, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Division of Health Sciences, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Division of Health Sciences, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Division of Health Sciences, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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