Patient education and counseling
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Triggering anti-smoking advice by GPs: mode of action of an intervention stimulating smoking cessation advice by GPs.
To assess the mode of action of an intervention (GP desktop resource, GDR) that increased the frequency of general practitioner (GP) advice to stop smoking. ⋯ Recommendations that GPs engage in health promotion activities with their patients need to consider that GPs' concerns over harming the doctor-patient relationship may deter them from making such interventions. The GDR appears to be effective in prompting GPs to advise their smoking patients to stop and its widespread distribution to GPs should be considered.