Table 1.
Proportion of patients receiving tobacco cessation counseling components according to treatment group.
| Components of the counseling | Intervention (N = 219) |
Usual care (N = 233) |
|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | |
| Ask (Ask about current use, type and daily amount of tobacco used) | 219 (100.0) | 156 (67.0) |
| Advise (Explain how tobacco use affects patient's oral health) | 208 (95.0) | 95 (40.8) |
| Assess readiness to quit (Identify readiness to quit) | 202 (92.2) | 85 (36.5) |
| Assist (At least one of the following) | 210 (95.9) | 49 (21.0) |
| Offer information about available support for quitting tobacco | 170 (77.6) | 16 (6.9) |
| Offer leaflet about tobacco use cessation process | 139 (63.5) | 0 (0.0) |
| Present motivational arguments to quit tobacco | 159 (72.6) | 29 (12.4) |
| Ask about decision regarding quitting date | 35 (16.0) | 5 (2.1) |
| Discuss abstinence problems | 86 (39.3) | 13 (5.6) |
| Offer information about pharmacological treatment | 154 (70.3) | 9 (3.9) |
| Prescribe/suggest pharmacological treatment | 41 (18.7) | 3 (1.3) |
| Arrange (At least one of the following) | 121 (55.3) | 17 (7.3) |
| Make appointment for tobacco cessation with the same provider | 16 (7.3) | 2 (0.9) |
| Refer to tobacco cessation with other care provider at the clinic | 11 (5.0) | 3 (1.3) |
| Refer to tobacco cessation with external care provider outside the clinic | 60 (27.4) | 5 (2.1) |
| Refer to the Tobacco Quit Line (Sluta Röka Linjen) | 76 (34.7) | 8 (3.4) |
| Other | 9 (4.1) | 1 (0.4) |
| Type of counselling delivered | ||
| “As-intended” intervention | 160 (73.4) | – |
| Usual care similar with the “as-intended” intervention | – | 4 (1.9) |
| No intervention delivered | 0 (0.0) | 77 (33.0) |
| Less than 4 components | 23 (10.5) | 135 (57.9) |
| 4 components (Any combination of 4 A's) | 86 (39.3) | 18 (7.7) |
| 5 components (All 5 A's) | 110 (50.2) | 3 (1.3) |
Note. Each of the 5A's steps and the frequency of their delivery are in boldface.