The primary objective of our study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a standardized clinical practice counseling strategy for promoting post-diagnosis smoking cessation among patients with SCCHN. Efficacy will be measured as the percentage of patients who succeed in sustained smoking cessation ("sustained quitters," see below) at 6+1 months after enrollment, i.e., after the initiation of anti-smoking counseling.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
200
The investigator, upon enrollment, will initiate a standardized strategy from clinical practice: the investigator will conduct brief counseling ("minimal advice") using the administration of of a questionnaire that will include, in addition to questions about current and past, the administration of the Fagerstrom test to measure physical dependence on nicotine and questions to investigate intention to quit smoking (Mondor test)
Azienda Ospedaliera Careggi
Florence, Firenze, Italy
Effectiveness of a standardized counseling strategy in clinical practice to promote smoking cessation
The primary objective of our study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a standardized clinical practice counseling strategy for promoting post-diagnosis smoking cessation among patients with SCCHN. Efficacy will be measured as the percentage of patients who succeed in sustained smoking cessation ("sustained quitters," see below) at 6+1 months after enrollment, i.e., after the initiation of anti-smoking counseling.
Time frame: 6+1 months from enrollment, i.e., initiation of anti-smoking counseling.
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