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Do family physicians perceive electronic cigarette use as a harm reduction strategy for smokers? A survey from Istanbul

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dc.contributor.authorAY, NADİYE PINAR
dc.contributor.authorHIDIROĞLU, SEYHAN
dc.contributor.authorsTanriover O., HIDIROĞLU S., AY N. P., Cook R. L.
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-03T10:27:54Z
dc.date.available2023-04-03T10:27:54Z
dc.date.issued2022-03-01
dc.description.abstractBackground: E-cigarettes (ECs) are gaining popularity in Turkey among smokers. With the rapid increase of EC consumption, it is important to ascertain how family physicians (FPs) perceive ECs as they play a key role in providing smoking cessation services. Aim: Our main objectives were to determine FPs\" level of awareness and harm reduction perceptions of ECs and to delineate the factors associated with their counseling practices. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study with descriptive and analytical components. Data were collected through questionnaires. Questions mainly focused on demographic characteristics, knowledge and own use of ECs, general attitudes towards ECs, and daily practices while performing counseling on tobacco use. In order to control confounding factors, logistic regression analysis was performed. Findings: Among a total of 271 FPs, 49.1% (n = 133) were males and the median age (IQR) was 41 years (32-46). Almost one-fifth of the FPs (n = 52) reported that they did not provide counseling services to their smoking patients. Only 26.6% (n = 72) of the FPs stated that they felt confident enough to advise patients on smoking cessation. Of the FPs, 6.6% have stated that they have recommended ECs to their patients for smoking cessation with the strategy of harm reduction. Factors associated with providers\" recommendation of ECs to their patients as a harm reduction strategy included \"believing that ECs help smokers to quit, ECs could be vaped in closed areas, and ECs were healthier than combustible tobacco products\". Conclusion: In our study, FPs stated lack of confidence to advice patients on smoking cessation. Furthermore, they recommended ECs to their smoking patients as a harm reduction strategy. FPs\" confidence should be increased with the trainings based on recent evidence on ECs.
dc.identifier.citationTanriover O., HIDIROĞLU S., AY N. P., Cook R. L., "Do family physicians perceive electronic cigarette use as a harm reduction strategy for smokers? A survey from Istanbul", PRIMARY HEALTH CARE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, cilt.23, 2022
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/s1463423622000056
dc.identifier.issn1463-4236
dc.identifier.urihttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35307043/
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11424/288112
dc.identifier.volume23
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofPRIMARY HEALTH CARE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjecte-cigarettes
dc.subjectfamily physician
dc.subjectharm reduction
dc.subjectnicotine addiction
dc.subjectsmoking cessation
dc.subjectSMOKING-CESSATION
dc.subjectTOBACCO
dc.subjectATTITUDES
dc.subjectHEALTH
dc.subjectINTERVENTIONS
dc.subjectBEHAVIORS
dc.subjectKNOWLEDGE
dc.subjectAWARENESS
dc.subjectPRODUCTS
dc.subjectEFFICACY
dc.subjecte-cigarettes
dc.subjectfamily physician
dc.subjectharm reduction
dc.subjectnicotine addiction
dc.subjectsmoking cessation
dc.titleDo family physicians perceive electronic cigarette use as a harm reduction strategy for smokers? A survey from Istanbul
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