Table 1.
Specificity and enactment of GPs’ plans to provide guideline-recommended smoking cessation care
| 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) |
GPs general practitioners, M mean, SD standard deviation, NA not applicable.
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.
bTotal enactment scores could range from 0 to 4.