Smoking Cessation Services by Community Pharmacists: Real-World Practice in Thailand

This study aimed to report the effectiveness of community pharmacy smoking cessation services in 13 health regions in Thailand using a retrospective data-collecting method from the Foundation of Community Pharmacy database. The participants were smokers aged at least 18 years. The outcomes were the...

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Autores principales:	Sunee Lertsinudom, Pentipa Kaewketthong, Tamonwan Chankaew, Dujrudee Chinwong, Surarong Chinwong
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	Thailand smoking cessation community pharmacy real-world practice Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:f3970ea358fc45c69593ddc198d41d0b2021-11-25T17:49:21ZSmoking Cessation Services by Community Pharmacists: Real-World Practice in Thailand10.3390/ijerph1822118901660-46011661-7827https://doaj.org/article/f3970ea358fc45c69593ddc198d41d0b2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/22/11890https://doaj.org/toc/1661-7827https://doaj.org/toc/1660-4601This study aimed to report the effectiveness of community pharmacy smoking cessation services in 13 health regions in Thailand using a retrospective data-collecting method from the Foundation of Community Pharmacy database. The participants were smokers aged at least 18 years. The outcomes were the abstinence of smoking at least 30 consecutive days by self-report only and self-report with exhaled CO level <7 ppm (if available), the number of cigarettes smoked daily, exhaled carbon monoxide (exhaled CO), and % peak expiratory flow rate (%PEFR); smokers measured these outcomes before and after receiving the smoking cessation services. Of 58 community pharmacies, 532 smokers (93% male, mean age of 42.4 ± 14.9 years) received smoking cessation services from community pharmacists. Of 235 smokers with complete data, 153 (28.8%, 153/532) smokers reported smoking abstinence by self-report. The mean number of cigarettes smoked daily reduced from 15.3 ± 8.7 to 1.9 ± 3.8 cigarettes, <i>p</i>-value < 0.001. The exhaled CO levels of smokers significantly reduced from 11.7 ± 5.9 ppm to 7.2 ± 4.4 ppm, <i>p</i>-value < 0.001. The %PEFR also significantly increased from 84.2 ± 19.4 to 89.5 ± 19.5, <i>p</i>-value < 0.001. In conclusion, Thai community pharmacy smoking cessation services could aid smokers to quit smoking. This study is the outcome of the real-world community pharmacy smoking cessation service; policymakers should consider this service to be included in the national healthcare policy.Sunee LertsinudomPentipa KaewketthongTamonwan ChankaewDujrudee ChinwongSurarong ChinwongMDPI AGarticleThailandsmoking cessationcommunity pharmacyreal-world practiceMedicineRENInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 11890, p 11890 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Thailand smoking cessation community pharmacy real-world practice Medicine R Sunee Lertsinudom Pentipa Kaewketthong Tamonwan Chankaew Dujrudee Chinwong Surarong Chinwong Smoking Cessation Services by Community Pharmacists: Real-World Practice in Thailand
description	This study aimed to report the effectiveness of community pharmacy smoking cessation services in 13 health regions in Thailand using a retrospective data-collecting method from the Foundation of Community Pharmacy database. The participants were smokers aged at least 18 years. The outcomes were the abstinence of smoking at least 30 consecutive days by self-report only and self-report with exhaled CO level <7 ppm (if available), the number of cigarettes smoked daily, exhaled carbon monoxide (exhaled CO), and % peak expiratory flow rate (%PEFR); smokers measured these outcomes before and after receiving the smoking cessation services. Of 58 community pharmacies, 532 smokers (93% male, mean age of 42.4 ± 14.9 years) received smoking cessation services from community pharmacists. Of 235 smokers with complete data, 153 (28.8%, 153/532) smokers reported smoking abstinence by self-report. The mean number of cigarettes smoked daily reduced from 15.3 ± 8.7 to 1.9 ± 3.8 cigarettes, <i>p</i>-value < 0.001. The exhaled CO levels of smokers significantly reduced from 11.7 ± 5.9 ppm to 7.2 ± 4.4 ppm, <i>p</i>-value < 0.001. The %PEFR also significantly increased from 84.2 ± 19.4 to 89.5 ± 19.5, <i>p</i>-value < 0.001. In conclusion, Thai community pharmacy smoking cessation services could aid smokers to quit smoking. This study is the outcome of the real-world community pharmacy smoking cessation service; policymakers should consider this service to be included in the national healthcare policy.
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author	Sunee Lertsinudom Pentipa Kaewketthong Tamonwan Chankaew Dujrudee Chinwong Surarong Chinwong
author_facet	Sunee Lertsinudom Pentipa Kaewketthong Tamonwan Chankaew Dujrudee Chinwong Surarong Chinwong
author_sort	Sunee Lertsinudom
title	Smoking Cessation Services by Community Pharmacists: Real-World Practice in Thailand
title_short	Smoking Cessation Services by Community Pharmacists: Real-World Practice in Thailand
title_full	Smoking Cessation Services by Community Pharmacists: Real-World Practice in Thailand
title_fullStr	Smoking Cessation Services by Community Pharmacists: Real-World Practice in Thailand
title_full_unstemmed	Smoking Cessation Services by Community Pharmacists: Real-World Practice in Thailand
title_sort	smoking cessation services by community pharmacists: real-world practice in thailand
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/f3970ea358fc45c69593ddc198d41d0b
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Smoking Cessation Services by Community Pharmacists: Real-World Practice in Thailand

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