TY - JOUR
T1 - Cross-sectional survey for assessing cancer care providers' characteristics and attitudes on smoking cessation in Colombia and Mexico
AU - Tami-Maury, Irene
AU - Suchil, Laura
AU - Reynales-Shigematsu, Luz Myriam
AU - Garcia-Gomez, Leonor
AU - Chen, Mixing
AU - Shete, Sanjay
AU - Betancur, Alejandro
AU - Cinciripini, Paul M.
AU - Hawk, Ernest
AU - Garcia, Hector
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding This research was supported in part by the National Institutes of Health through a Cancer Center Support Grant (P30CA16672) to The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA; the MD Anderson Sister Institute Network Fund Award to principal investigator I. Tamí-Maury, DMD, MSc, Dr.PH; The Hope Foundation Impact Award to principal investigator I. Tamí-Maury, DMD, MSc, Dr.PH; the Secretary of Health of Medellin City, Colombia (460005975); and the National Cancer Institute, Mexico.
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PY - 2021/2/1
Y1 - 2021/2/1
N2 - Objective Cancer care providers' (CCPs) attitudes towards smoking cessation are influenced by many factors, including their smoking status and knowledge. Our objective was to assess CCPs' characteristics, tobacco use and smoking cessation practices in two Latin American cancer centres. Design Cross-sectional survey. Settings Two urban cancer centres located in Colombia and Mexico. Participants A total of 238 CCPs. Measures Online survey consisted of 28 close-ended questions adapted from the 2012 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer survey and the Global Adult Tobacco Survey developed by the WHO. Means, frequencies and proportions were reported for each country. Factors associated to providing of smoking cessation treatment or referral at initial visit were evaluated using logistic regression. Results Current smoking prevalence was 10.5% and 12.3% among Colombian and Mexican CCPs, respectively. Around three quarters of the Colombian (86.4%) and Mexican CCPs (66.1%) considered to have inadequate training in smoking cessation. Approximately two-thirds of Colombian (67.5%) and Mexican CCPs (63.9%) reported always or most of the time asking patients about tobacco use during the initial visit. In Colombia and Mexico, the most relevant barriers for providing cessation services were (1) difficulties for motivating patients with cancer, (2) patient resistance in quitting smoking, (3) lack of local resources or referral centres for smoking cessation and (4) lack of training in smoking cessation. CCPs appointed at Instituto Nacional de Cancerologiá were less likely to provide cessation treatment or referral to their patients if they had less than 50% of their time devoted to patient care and were former or current smokers. The regression model for Instituto de Cancerologiá did not retain statistically significant variables. Conclusion Our findings highlight an urgent need for assisting Latin American CCPs in their quitting efforts as well as expanding formal smoking cessation training specifically tailored to these professionals for improving patients' cancer prognosis and quality of life.
AB - Objective Cancer care providers' (CCPs) attitudes towards smoking cessation are influenced by many factors, including their smoking status and knowledge. Our objective was to assess CCPs' characteristics, tobacco use and smoking cessation practices in two Latin American cancer centres. Design Cross-sectional survey. Settings Two urban cancer centres located in Colombia and Mexico. Participants A total of 238 CCPs. Measures Online survey consisted of 28 close-ended questions adapted from the 2012 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer survey and the Global Adult Tobacco Survey developed by the WHO. Means, frequencies and proportions were reported for each country. Factors associated to providing of smoking cessation treatment or referral at initial visit were evaluated using logistic regression. Results Current smoking prevalence was 10.5% and 12.3% among Colombian and Mexican CCPs, respectively. Around three quarters of the Colombian (86.4%) and Mexican CCPs (66.1%) considered to have inadequate training in smoking cessation. Approximately two-thirds of Colombian (67.5%) and Mexican CCPs (63.9%) reported always or most of the time asking patients about tobacco use during the initial visit. In Colombia and Mexico, the most relevant barriers for providing cessation services were (1) difficulties for motivating patients with cancer, (2) patient resistance in quitting smoking, (3) lack of local resources or referral centres for smoking cessation and (4) lack of training in smoking cessation. CCPs appointed at Instituto Nacional de Cancerologiá were less likely to provide cessation treatment or referral to their patients if they had less than 50% of their time devoted to patient care and were former or current smokers. The regression model for Instituto de Cancerologiá did not retain statistically significant variables. Conclusion Our findings highlight an urgent need for assisting Latin American CCPs in their quitting efforts as well as expanding formal smoking cessation training specifically tailored to these professionals for improving patients' cancer prognosis and quality of life.
KW - epidemiology
KW - international health services
KW - medical education & training
KW - preventive medicine
KW - public health
KW - substance misuse
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U2 - 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041447
DO - 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041447
M3 - Article
C2 - 33526497
AN - SCOPUS:85100497985
SN - 2044-6055
VL - 11
JO - BMJ open
JF - BMJ open
IS - 2
M1 - e041447
ER -