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Table 3.

Application of the 5A-DOC

5A’s evaluation	n (%)
Smoking not discussed	53 (40)
Smoking discussed	78 (60)
Adequate^a	21 (27)^d
Incomplete^b	44 (56)^d
Inappropriate^c	13 (17)^d

Adequate indicates that only Ask, Advise, and Assess were completed for those patients not ready to change; or that Ask, Advise, Assess, and Assist were completed for those patients expressing readiness to change.

Incomplete indicates cases without Advise or Assess.

Inappropriate indicates discussions in which Assist efforts were offered to patients who were not ready to make a cessation attempt, or in which patients who were ready to make a cessation attempt were not offered any Assistance to do so.

Percentages calculated with total number of smoking discussions (n=78) as the denominator.