Susan A Flocke1,2, Elizabeth L Albert3, Steven A Lewis4,5, Thomas E Love4,5,6,7, Jeanmarie C Rose3, David C Kaelber4,7,8,9, Eileen L Seeholzer4,5,7. 1. Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science, University, 3800 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd, Portland, OR, 97239, USA. flocke@ohsu.edu. 2. Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research Northwest, Portland, OR, USA. flocke@ohsu.edu. 3. Center for Community Health Integration, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA. 4. Population Health Research Institute, MetroHealth System, OH, Cleveland, USA. 5. Center for Health Care Research and Policy, MetroHealth System, OH, Cleveland, USA. 6. Department of Population & Quantitative Health Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA. 7. Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA. 8. Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA. 9. Center for Clinical Informatics Research and Education, MetroHealth System, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: This study examines the uptake of a clinician-focused teachable moment communication process (TMCP) and its impact on patient receipt of tobacco cessation support. The TMCP is a counseling method that uses patient concerns to help clinicians guide behavior change discussions about tobacco. We evaluate the added value of the TMCP training in a health system that implemented an Ask-Advise-Connect (AAC) systems-based approach. METHODS: A stepped wedge cluster randomized trial included eight community health centers. Training involved a web module and onsite skill development with standardized patients and coaching. Main outcome measures included contact and enrollment in cessation services among patients referred for counseling, prescription of cessation medications and quit attempts. RESULTS:Forty-four of 60 eligible clinicians received theTMCP training. Among TMCP-trained clinicians 68% used a TMCP approach (documented by flowsheet use) one or more times, with the median number of uses being 15 (IQR 2-33). Overall, the TMCP was used in 661 out of 8198 visits by smokers (8%). There was no improvement in any of the tobacco cessation assistance outcomes for the AAC + TMCP vs. the AAC only period. Visits where clinicians used the TMCP approach were associated with increased ordering of tobacco cessation medications, (OR = 2.6; 95% CI = 1.9, 3.5) and providing advice to quit OR 3.2 (95% CI 2.2, 4.7). CONCLUSIONS: Despite high fidelity to the training, uptake of the TMCP approach in routine practice was poor, making it difficult to evaluate the impact on patient outcomes. When the TMCP approach was used, ordering tobacco cessation medications increased. IMPLICATIONS: Tobacco cessation strategies in primary care have the potential to reach a large portion of the population and deliver advice tailored to the patient. The poor uptake of the approach despite high training fidelity suggests that additional implementation support strategies, are needed to increase sustainable adoption of the TMCP approach. TRIAL REGISTRATION: clinicaltrials.gov #NCT02764385 , registration date 06/05/2016.
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INTRODUCTION: This study examines the uptake of a clinician-focused teachable moment communication process (TMCP) and its impact on patient receipt of tobacco cessation support. The TMCP is a counseling method that uses patient concerns to help clinicians guide behavior change discussions about tobacco. We evaluate the added value of the TMCP training in a health system that implemented an Ask-Advise-Connect (AAC) systems-based approach. METHODS: A stepped wedge cluster randomized trial included eight community health centers. Training involved a web module and onsite skill development with standardized patients and coaching. Main outcome measures included contact and enrollment in cessation services among patients referred for counseling, prescription of cessation medications and quit attempts. RESULTS: Forty-four of 60 eligible clinicians received the TMCP training. Among TMCP-trained clinicians 68% used a TMCP approach (documented by flowsheet use) one or more times, with the median number of uses being 15 (IQR 2-33). Overall, the TMCP was used in 661 out of 8198 visits by smokers (8%). There was no improvement in any of the tobacco cessation assistance outcomes for the AAC + TMCP vs. the AAC only period. Visits where clinicians used the TMCP approach were associated with increased ordering of tobacco cessation medications, (OR = 2.6; 95% CI = 1.9, 3.5) and providing advice to quit OR 3.2 (95% CI 2.2, 4.7). CONCLUSIONS: Despite high fidelity to the training, uptake of the TMCP approach in routine practice was poor, making it difficult to evaluate the impact on patient outcomes. When the TMCP approach was used, ordering tobacco cessation medications increased. IMPLICATIONS: Tobacco cessation strategies in primary care have the potential to reach a large portion of the population and deliver advice tailored to the patient. The poor uptake of the approach despite high training fidelity suggests that additional implementation support strategies, are needed to increase sustainable adoption of the TMCP approach. TRIAL REGISTRATION: clinicaltrials.gov #NCT02764385 , registration date 06/05/2016.
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