A survey of tobacco dependence treatment guidelines in 121 countries

Aims To report progress among Parties to the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) in developing national tobacco treatment guidelines in accordance with FCTC Article 14 guideline recommendations. Design Cross-sectional study. Setting Electronic surv...

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Main Authors: Piné-Abata, Hembadoon, McNeill, Ann, Raw, Martin, Bitton, Asaf, Rigotti, Nancy, Murray, Rachael
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Published: Wiley 2013
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author Piné-Abata, Hembadoon
McNeill, Ann
Raw, Martin
Bitton, Asaf
Rigotti, Nancy
Murray, Rachael
author_facet Piné-Abata, Hembadoon
McNeill, Ann
Raw, Martin
Bitton, Asaf
Rigotti, Nancy
Murray, Rachael
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description Aims To report progress among Parties to the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) in developing national tobacco treatment guidelines in accordance with FCTC Article 14 guideline recommendations. Design Cross-sectional study. Setting Electronic survey from December 2011 to August 2012; participants were asked to complete either an online or attached Microsoft Word questionnaire. Participants One hundred and sixty-three of the 173 Parties to the FCTC at the time of our survey. Measurements The 51-item questionnaire contained 30 items specifically on guidelines. Questions covered the areas of guidelines writing process, content, key recommendations and other characteristics. Findings One hundred and twenty-one countries (73%) responded. Fifty-three countries (44%) had guidelines, ranging from 75% among high-income countries to 11% among low-income countries. Nearly all guidelines recommended brief advice (93%), intensive specialist support (93%) and medications (96%), while 66% recommended quitlines. Fifty-seven percent had a dissemination strategy, 76% stated funding source and 68% had professional endorsement. Conclusion Fewer than half of the Parties to the WHO FCTC have developed national tobacco treatment guidelines, but, where guidelines exist, they broadly follow FCTC Article 14 guideline recommendations.
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spelling nottingham-25802020-05-04T20:19:00Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/2580/ A survey of tobacco dependence treatment guidelines in 121 countries Piné-Abata, Hembadoon McNeill, Ann Raw, Martin Bitton, Asaf Rigotti, Nancy Murray, Rachael Aims To report progress among Parties to the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) in developing national tobacco treatment guidelines in accordance with FCTC Article 14 guideline recommendations. Design Cross-sectional study. Setting Electronic survey from December 2011 to August 2012; participants were asked to complete either an online or attached Microsoft Word questionnaire. Participants One hundred and sixty-three of the 173 Parties to the FCTC at the time of our survey. Measurements The 51-item questionnaire contained 30 items specifically on guidelines. Questions covered the areas of guidelines writing process, content, key recommendations and other characteristics. Findings One hundred and twenty-one countries (73%) responded. Fifty-three countries (44%) had guidelines, ranging from 75% among high-income countries to 11% among low-income countries. Nearly all guidelines recommended brief advice (93%), intensive specialist support (93%) and medications (96%), while 66% recommended quitlines. Fifty-seven percent had a dissemination strategy, 76% stated funding source and 68% had professional endorsement. Conclusion Fewer than half of the Parties to the WHO FCTC have developed national tobacco treatment guidelines, but, where guidelines exist, they broadly follow FCTC Article 14 guideline recommendations. Wiley 2013-08 Article PeerReviewed Piné-Abata, Hembadoon, McNeill, Ann, Raw, Martin, Bitton, Asaf, Rigotti, Nancy and Murray, Rachael (2013) A survey of tobacco dependence treatment guidelines in 121 countries. Addiction, 108 (8). pp. 1470-1475. ISSN 0965-2140 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/add.12158/abstract doi:10.1111/add.12158 doi:10.1111/add.12158
spellingShingle Piné-Abata, Hembadoon
McNeill, Ann
Raw, Martin
Bitton, Asaf
Rigotti, Nancy
Murray, Rachael
A survey of tobacco dependence treatment guidelines in 121 countries
title A survey of tobacco dependence treatment guidelines in 121 countries
title_full A survey of tobacco dependence treatment guidelines in 121 countries
title_fullStr A survey of tobacco dependence treatment guidelines in 121 countries
title_full_unstemmed A survey of tobacco dependence treatment guidelines in 121 countries
title_short A survey of tobacco dependence treatment guidelines in 121 countries
title_sort survey of tobacco dependence treatment guidelines in 121 countries
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