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. 2020 Mar 6;17(5):1728. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17051728

Table 5.

Smoking prevalence and treatment in cancer clinics by use of the ELEVATE module.

Module No Module
N % N % Diff. 95% CI Chi-sq p
Total Patients * 31,026 10,188
Assessment 26,350 84.9 9170 90.0 −5.1 −5.8, −4.4 165.7 <0.0001
Smoking ** 3445 13.1 952 10.4 2.7 1.9, 3.4 45.1 <0.0001
Total Smokers 3445 952
Any Treatment *** 1076 31.2 167 17.5 13.7 10.8, 16.6 68.3 <0.0001
Brief Advice 844 24.5 139 14.6 9.9 7.2, 12.6 41.5 <0.0001
Medication 234 6.8 34 3.6 3.2 1.7, 4.7 13.0 0.00032
Additional Counseling Offer 847 24.6 9 0.95 23.6 22.0, 25.3 264.4 <0.0001
Additional Counseling Referral **** 100 2.9 0 0.0 2.9 2.3, 3.5 27.0 <0.0001

* Out of 31,026 patients who visited cancer clinics that used the module, 29,854 patients (97.2%) only visited urban cancer clinics, 1,114 patients (3.6%) only visited rural cancer clinics, and 58 patients (0.2%) visited both urban and rural cancer clinics. There were no cancer clinics that did not use the module at rural location in this sample. ** For patients without smoking status assessment, if they received any smoking cessation treatment, they would be identified as smokers. Therefore, smoking prevalence in cancer clinics that used the module and cancer clinics that did not use the module were calculated for patients who were assessed and documented as smokers or received any type of smoking cessation treatment (n = 26,372 and 9,176). *** Any treatment is defined as patients receiving medication, brief advice given, or additional counseling was referred. **** For clinics with the module, additional counseling referral (n = 100) consisted of engagement in Quitline referral (n = 49), QuitGuide or QuitStart app (n = 5), SmokefreeTXT (n = 17), Quitline and SmokefreeTXT (n = 3), and already referred at time of visit (n = 26). For clinics without the module, no patients received additional counseling referral.