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Efficacy of Telephone Quit-Line for Smokers in Iran: 12 Months Follow Up Results

BACKGROUND: Smoking cessation is an effective intervention for cancer prevention. For some reasons many smokers cannot attend quit programs and they prefer to have a consultation over the phone. In this study we share our experience regarding setting up a quit-line for smoking cessation for the firs...

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Autores principales: Heydari, Gholamreza, Jianfar, Ginus, Alvanpour, Anahita, Hesami, Zahra, Talischi, Firouzeh, Masjedi, Mohammad Reza
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Publicado: National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4153163/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25191375
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author Heydari, Gholamreza
Jianfar, Ginus
Alvanpour, Anahita
Hesami, Zahra
Talischi, Firouzeh
Masjedi, Mohammad Reza
author_facet Heydari, Gholamreza
Jianfar, Ginus
Alvanpour, Anahita
Hesami, Zahra
Talischi, Firouzeh
Masjedi, Mohammad Reza
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description BACKGROUND: Smoking cessation is an effective intervention for cancer prevention. For some reasons many smokers cannot attend quit programs and they prefer to have a consultation over the phone. In this study we share our experience regarding setting up a quit-line for smoking cessation for the first time in Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Two general practitioners were trained to give consultation over the phone via quit line in Tehran. The quit program consisted of 4 sessions with 1 week interval. Our telephone counseling was both reactive and proactive from 8 AM till 5 PM during the years 2005 – 2008. In reactive counseling, the smoker initiates the call and speaks with a counselor about his/her current concerns. In proactive counseling, the counselor calls the smoker and provides counseling in a systematic manner. Smoking status was determined based on smokers’ self-report and regular follow-ups were conducted after quitting. Some cases were randomly selected for CO respiratory test in order to confirm their abstinence. RESULTS: A total of 480 cases entered the cessation program out of which, 80% were males. The mean age was 38.5±7.9 years, 72.7% of participants were married, 75.2% of subjects were educated and 51.3% of cases had high nicotine dependence. A total of 332 cases received a brief advice on quitting, 148 people continued their active participation to complete the course and 122 cases (82.4%) quitted smoking. The sustained abstinence rate after 1, 3, 6 and 12 months was 59%, 41%, 31% and 18%; respectively. CONCLUSION: This method is an appropriate and accessible method which can be suggested to smokers during smoking cessation counseling.
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spelling pubmed-41531632014-09-04 Efficacy of Telephone Quit-Line for Smokers in Iran: 12 Months Follow Up Results Heydari, Gholamreza Jianfar, Ginus Alvanpour, Anahita Hesami, Zahra Talischi, Firouzeh Masjedi, Mohammad Reza Tanaffos Original Article BACKGROUND: Smoking cessation is an effective intervention for cancer prevention. For some reasons many smokers cannot attend quit programs and they prefer to have a consultation over the phone. In this study we share our experience regarding setting up a quit-line for smoking cessation for the first time in Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Two general practitioners were trained to give consultation over the phone via quit line in Tehran. The quit program consisted of 4 sessions with 1 week interval. Our telephone counseling was both reactive and proactive from 8 AM till 5 PM during the years 2005 – 2008. In reactive counseling, the smoker initiates the call and speaks with a counselor about his/her current concerns. In proactive counseling, the counselor calls the smoker and provides counseling in a systematic manner. Smoking status was determined based on smokers’ self-report and regular follow-ups were conducted after quitting. Some cases were randomly selected for CO respiratory test in order to confirm their abstinence. RESULTS: A total of 480 cases entered the cessation program out of which, 80% were males. The mean age was 38.5±7.9 years, 72.7% of participants were married, 75.2% of subjects were educated and 51.3% of cases had high nicotine dependence. A total of 332 cases received a brief advice on quitting, 148 people continued their active participation to complete the course and 122 cases (82.4%) quitted smoking. The sustained abstinence rate after 1, 3, 6 and 12 months was 59%, 41%, 31% and 18%; respectively. CONCLUSION: This method is an appropriate and accessible method which can be suggested to smokers during smoking cessation counseling. National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC4153163/ /pubmed/25191375 Text en Copyright © 2011 National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License which allows users to read, copy, distribute and make derivative works for non-commercial purposes from the material, as long as the author of the original work is cited properly.
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Talischi, Firouzeh
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Efficacy of Telephone Quit-Line for Smokers in Iran: 12 Months Follow Up Results
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title_short Efficacy of Telephone Quit-Line for Smokers in Iran: 12 Months Follow Up Results
title_sort efficacy of telephone quit-line for smokers in iran: 12 months follow up results
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4153163/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25191375
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