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. 2016 Dec 21;11(12):e0168482. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0168482

Table 1. Inclusion/Exclusion criteria checklist.

Inclusion/Exclusion criteria Yes No
Population
A. Study population are primary care physicians (defined as either general practitioners, family physicians, internists)?
Intervention
B. Study reports on smoking cessation counseling delivered by primary care physicians to patients? Patients receiving the intervention are at least 18 years of age?
Comparator
C. Primary care physicians provide smoking cessation counseling vs. those that do not provide it?
Outcome
D. Reports proportions of primary care physicians engaging in smoking cessation counseling?
Study design
E.1 Measure is self-report questionnaire?
E.2 Does not present patient-reported data?
E.3 Reports baseline data from intervention studies?
E.4 Published in English or German language?
E.5 Not dissertation?
E.6 Not conference proceeding?
E.7 Not qualitative study?
E.8 Published manuscript?
Inclusion All bold fields answered with “yes”