QuitAdvisorMD: A point-of-care tool for brief smoking cessation interventions Under a Phase II SBIR grant supported by NIH/NIDA, we are developing QUITAdvisorMD: a point-of-care, patient-centered resource for counseling patients who smoke or use tobacco products. It is based on the principles of Motivational Interviewing, a non-confrontational and very effective method for intervening and treating these patients; the 5 A's of behavioral interventions; and the Transtheoretical Model of Change. Through a point and click interface, the tool uses a series of interview questions designed to motivate patients to stop smoking by first assessing their stage of change and then offering effective stage-based interventions and interview techniques. The tool also offers stage-tailored patient information, a clinician educational reference, and the ability to communicate support information patients via email and/or text message.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
100
QuitAdvisorMD, a set of brief clinical assessments, counseling scripts and intervention instruments for smoking cessation in primary care settings
Standard Smoking Cessation Counseling
University of Virginia Health System
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
The goal of the evaluation is to assess the ability of QuitAdvisorMD to influence smoking cessation as measured by the primary outcome of the increase in physician initiated smoking cessation counseling.
Time frame: 12 Months
Secondary outcomes will include, 1) the increase in ability of clinicians to provide appropriate stage-based smoking cessation assistance, and 2) the increase in patient quit attempts.
Time frame: 12 Months
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