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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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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. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Heydari, Gholamreza Jianfar, Ginus Alvanpour, Anahita Hesami, Zahra Talischi, Firouzeh Masjedi, Mohammad Reza Efficacy of Telephone Quit-Line for Smokers in Iran: 12 Months Follow Up Results |
title | Efficacy of Telephone Quit-Line for Smokers in Iran: 12 Months Follow Up Results |
title_full | Efficacy of Telephone Quit-Line for Smokers in Iran: 12 Months Follow Up Results |
title_fullStr | Efficacy of Telephone Quit-Line for Smokers in Iran: 12 Months Follow Up Results |
title_full_unstemmed | Efficacy of Telephone Quit-Line for Smokers in Iran: 12 Months Follow Up Results |
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 |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4153163/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25191375 |
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