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Smoking-cessation e-referrals: a national dental practice-based research network randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT: Tobacco use is still the leading preventable cause of death and morbidity in the U.S. Web-assisted tobacco interventions are an effective but underutilized tool in assisting smokers with quitting. The dental visit is an excellent opportunity to assist smokers in quitting by referring them to these tobacco-cessation online programs.The study purpose was to test two patient referral methods-paper referrals (information prescriptions) versus paper plus e-referrals-to a web-assisted smoking-cessation induction system.RCT that used implementation research methods.A total of 100 community-based dental practices were enrolled and 1814 smokers were referred to the web-assisted tobacco induction system.The study intervention was a proactive e-referral of smokers to a web-assisted tobacco induction system called Decide2Quit.org, and the control group used paper referrals (information prescriptions) to refer smokers to the Decide2Quit.org.The outcome measurements were the referral numbers, Decide2Quit registration numbers, and the smokers' quit rate. Data were collected in 2010-2011 and analyses were completed in 2012.Although total referrals from intervention practices was lower than control, subsequent proportions of registrations among smokers referred to Decide2Quit.org were nearly fourfold higher (adjusted mean percentages: 29.5% vs 7.6%, p<0.01) in intervention compared with control practices. Subsequent rates of cessation among referred smokers were threefold higher (adjusted mean percentages: 3.0% vs 0.8%, p=0.03) in intervention practices as compared with control.Intervention practices using the e-referral system had higher smoker registration numbers and higher quit smoking rates than the control practices. This study finds that e-referrals are effective in getting smokers to the web-assisted smoking-cessation induction system and in assisting with quitting that more than compensates for any additional effort that e-referrals require on the part of the practitioner.DPBRN Hygienists Internet Quality Improvement in Tobacco Cessation (HiQuit); NCT01108432.

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PROVIDER: S-EPMC4077270 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb

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Smoking-cessation e-referrals: a national dental practice-based research network randomized controlled trial.

Ray Midge N MN Funkhouser Ellen E Williams Jessica H JH Sadasivam Rajani S RS Gilbert Gregg H GH Coley Heather L HL Rindal D Brad DB Houston Thomas K TK

American journal of preventive medicine 20140201 2

<h4>Background</h4>Tobacco use is still the leading preventable cause of death and morbidity in the U.S. Web-assisted tobacco interventions are an effective but underutilized tool in assisting smokers with quitting. The dental visit is an excellent opportunity to assist smokers in quitting by referring them to these tobacco-cessation online programs.<h4>Purpose</h4>The study purpose was to test two patient referral methods-paper referrals (information prescriptions) versus paper plus e-referrals ...[more]

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