Table 2.
Tobacco Assistance and Referral Outcomes by Ask-Advice-Connect (AAC) Implementation Period for Eight Sites
| 1–3 months before AAC | 1 month after AAC | 3 months after AAC | 6 months after AAC | 12 months after AAC | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | OR (95% CI) | N | % | OR* (95% CI) | N | % | OR (95% CI) | N | % | OR (95% CI) | N | % | OR (95% CI) | |
| Total visits | 36,677 | 12,274 | 12,012 | 11,605 | 11,991 | ||||||||||
| % asked | 9742 | 26.6% | ---- | 5035 | 41.0% | 1.93 (1.85, 2.00) | 5437 | 45.3 | 2.33 (2.24, 2.43) | 5976 | 51.5 | 3.08 (2.95, 3.22) | 6674 | 55.7% | 3.72 (3.56, 3.89) |
| Visits by smoker | 2775 | 1729 | 1890 | 1891 | 2117 | ||||||||||
| % advised | 1243 | 44.8% | ---- | 1430 | 82.7% | 4.71 (4.06, 5.48) | 1490 | 78.8 | 3.72 (3.23,4.28) | 1589 | 84.0 | 5.16 (4.44, 6.00) | 1877 | 88.7 | 7.76 (6.61, 9.12) |
| % assess readiness | 438 | 15.8% | ---- | 1283 | 74.2% | 14.90 (12.80, 17.33) | 1244 | 65.8 | 9.87 (8.56, 11.39) | 1225 | 64.8 | 9.29 (8.08, 10.69) | 1164 | 55.0% | 6.15 (5.37, 7.03) |
| Visits by smoker ready to quit in 30 days | 184 | 484 | 437 | 399 | 301 | ||||||||||
| % accepted referral | 1 | 0.5% | ---- | 285 | 58.9% | 260.51 (36.87, 1840.52) | 245 | 56.1 | 230.97 (32.66, 1633.34) | 151 | 37.8 | 110.17 (15.55, 780.34) | 93 | 30.9% | 80.95 (11.38, 575.80) |
*All OR are in contrast to 1–3 months before AAC implementation