PMID- 20353656
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20100607
LR  - 20100331
IS  - 1355-7610 (Print)
IS  - 1355-7610 (Linking)
VI  - 17
IP  - 2
DP  - 2010 Apr
TI  - An audit of smoking behaviours among patients attending two general dental 
      practices in South Wales: an awareness-raising exercise for the dental team and 
      patients.
PG  - 79-82
LID - 10.1308/135576110791013785 [doi]
AB  - AIMS: This audit aimed to quantify the number of smokers attending two general 
      dental practices. It also aimed to establish the demographic characteristics of 
      these smokers in terms of age, gender and deprivation status, and to raise the 
      awareness of practice staff about smoking cessation. METHODS: Data were collected 
      from consecutive patients (aged over 16 years) attending two general dental 
      practices over a period of one month. The information collected included smoking 
      status, number of cigarettes smoked, age, gender, and postcode. A deprivation 
      score (derived from the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation [WIMD] for 2008) was 
      appended to each patient record in order to provide a measure of deprivation 
      based on the postcode of the patient. Staff at both practices were involved in 
      the audit. Staff were given a brief pre- and post-audit questionnaire to test 
      their knowledge on smoking cessation. The audit standard was that no more than 
      29% of patients should be smokers. Where relevant, data were statistically tested 
      using the chi-square test. RESULTS: Five hundred and sixty-one patients provided 
      data on their smoking habits. It was found that 159 (28.3%) were smokers, smoking 
      on average 12 cigarettes per day. The average age of the sample was 46 years and 
      242 (43.1%) were male. Forty-eight per cent of the sample was shown to be 
      resident in a postcode considered to be deprived. Older patients were more likely 
      to be nonsmokers (P=0.0001). Following the final audit meeting, correct answers 
      among staff for knowledge of the National Institute for Health and Clinical 
      Excellence guidelines regarding effective smoking-cessation practices improved 
      from 6% to 71%. CONCLUSION: The issue of smoking cessation has been highlighted 
      for two dental teams. Whether the audit will result in the delivery of 
      smoking-cessation procedures within the dental practice settings cannot be 
      established. It is clear that the desired smoking-cessation behaviours can now be 
      contemplated by the dental teams. Further monitoring is required to establish 
      outcomes as a result of the actions of the teams.
FAU - Richards, Wayne
AU  - Richards W
AD  - Faculty of Health, Sport and Science, University of Glamorgan, Pontypridd, Wales, 
      UK. wrichard@glam.ac.uk
FAU - Higgs, Gary
AU  - Higgs G
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Prim Dent Care
JT  - Primary dental care : journal of the Faculty of General Dental Practitioners (UK)
JID - 9617339
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Age Factors
MH  - Dental Audit
MH  - Dental Staff/psychology
MH  - Female
MH  - Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Residence Characteristics
MH  - Sex Factors
MH  - Smoking/*epidemiology
MH  - Smoking Cessation/psychology
MH  - Social Class
MH  - Wales/epidemiology
MH  - Young Adult
EDAT- 2010/04/01 06:00
MHDA- 2010/06/09 06:00
CRDT- 2010/04/01 06:00
PHST- 2010/04/01 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2010/04/01 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2010/06/09 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1308/135576110791013785 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Prim Dent Care. 2010 Apr;17(2):79-82. doi: 10.1308/135576110791013785.