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Table 1 Specificity and enactment of GPs’ plans to provide guideline-recommended smoking cessation care

From: Use of action planning to increase provision of smoking cessation care by general practitioners: role of plan specificity and enactment

 

GP action plans

GP coping plan

Plan specificity (score)

Ask about smoking (n  = 25, 100%)

Advise to quit (n  = 25, 100%)

Arrange follow-up motivated to quit (n  = 25, 100%)

Arrange follow-up unmotivated to quit (n  = 25, 100%)

Who, completed (1)

24 (96.0%)

24 (96.0%)

22 (88.0%)

21 (84.0%)

When (moment)/ what

    

  Not completed (0)

6 (24.0%)

6 (24.0%)

2 (8.0%)

3 (12.0%)

  General (1)

13 (52.0%)

14 (56.0%)

6 (24.0%)

8 (32.0%)

  Medium specific (2)

3 (12.0%)

4 (16.0%)

13 (52.0%)

5 (20.0%)

  Highly specific (3)

3 (12.0%)

1 (4.0%)

4 (16.0%)

9 (36.0%)

  Total score, M (SD)

1.12 (0.93)

1.00 (0.76)

1.76 (0.83)

1.80 (1.08)

When (type patient)

    

  Not completed (0)

20 (80.0%)

20 (80.0%)

NA

NA

  General (1)

0 (0.0%)

1 (4.0%)

NA

NA

  Medium specific (2)

1 (4.0%)

3 (12.0%)

NA

NA

  Highly specific (3)

4 (16.0%)

1 (4.0%)

NA

NA

  Total score, M (SD)

0.56 (1.16)

0.40 (0.87)

NA

NA

How register

    

  Not completed (0)

2 (8.0%)

1 (4.0%)

4 (16.0%)

5 (20.0%)

  General (1)

4 (16.0%)

5 (20.0%)

7 (28.0%)

6 (24.0%)

  Medium specific (2)

2 (8.0%)

6 (24.0%)

8 (32.0%)

10 (40.0%)

  Highly specific (3)

17 (68.0%)

13 (52.0%)

6 (24.0%)

4 (16.0%)

  Total score, M (SD)

2.36 (1.04)

2.24 (0.93)

1.64 (1.04)

1.52 (1.01)

Total specificity score, M (SD)ª

5.00 (2.10)

4.60 (1.66)

4.28 (1.79)

4.12 (2.03)

Plan enactment (score)

    

Plan not enacted, not intending to in the future (0)

10 (40.0%)

12 (48.0%)

11 (44.0%)

15 (60.0%)

Plan not enacted, intending to within 1 month (1)

2 (8.0%)

2 (8.0%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (4.0%)

Plan not enacted, intending to within a week (2)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (4.0%)

Plan partly enacted (3)

8 (32.0%)

6 (24%)

3 (12.0%)

3 (12.0%)

Plan fully enacted (4)

5 (20.0%)

5 (20.0%)

11 (44.0%)

5 (20.0%)

Total enactment score, M (SD)b

1.84 (1.70)

1.60 (1.73)

2.12 (1.94)

1.28 (1.72)

  1. GPs general practitioners, M mean, SD standard deviation, NA not applicable.
  2. ªTotal specificity scores for action plans ‘asking about smoking’ and ‘advising to quit’ could range from 0 to 10 and for the action and coping plans ‘arranging follow-up for smokers motivated to quit’ and ‘arranging follow-up for smokers unmotivated to quit’ could range from 0 to 7.
  3. bTotal enactment scores could range from 0 to 4.