Tobacco Cessation Flashcards
USPHS and USPSTF recommendations
Identify ever tobacco user
Provide advice to quit and practical counseling no matter how brief (behavioral therapy)
Motivate health behavior change (MI)
Combine brief behavioral tx with effective and approved pharmacotherapy for everyone making a quit attempt
-Exceptions include contraindications and special populations where evidence is poor
The 5 A’s about tobacco cessation
Ask about smoking
-ID and document tobacco use status for every pt at every visit
Advise to quit
Assess willingness to quit
Assist in quitting
Arrange f/u
-Preferably within the first week after the quit date
Ways of prepping for quit day
Emotional
Physical
Therapeutic
Medical preparation
Motivational interviewing
Pt-centered to elicit behavioral change
Goal: help pt resolve ambivalence without evoking resistance
Use of open-ended questions
Affirm positive behaviors and strengths
Paraphrase their comments
Emphasize personal choice through summaries
Affirmation
Helps individuals acknowledge positive behaviors and strengths
Reflective listening
Paraphrasing individuals’ comments lets them know you heard what they said
Summary statements
Pull together allowing for transitions; emphasize personal choice
What are the five principals of motivational interviewing?
Develop discrepancy Express empathy Amplify ambivalence Roll with resistance Support self-efficacy
Developing discrepancy
Create a gap between where the person is and where they want to be
Pt can realize that their current behavior is not leading them towards goals
Expressing empathy
Listen to put yourself in their shoes
Critical to minimize resistance
Amplifying ambivalence
Ambivalence is nl
Verbalizing can help pts explore both sides they are dealing with
Rolling with resistance
Resistance is also nl
Do not argue- seek clarification to encourage pts to determine solutions they think will work
Emphasize personal choice and control
Supporting self-efficacy
Pt must believe that change is possible AND attainable
Non-pharmacologic cessation methods
Counseling and behavioral therapies
Two types of counseling and behavioral therapies result in higher abstinence rates
-Practical counseling (problem-solving skills)
-Support and encouragement
Practical counseling
Recognize danger situations
-Alcohol, stress, triggers, other users
Develop coping skills
-Avoid triggers, lifestyle change, distract from urge
Support
Encouragement
-Options to help, belief in ability to be successful
Caring
-How pt feels, willingness to help
Talk it out
-Why pt wants to quit, pt concerns, discuss successes the pt has, anticipated difficulties
Who benefits from tx?
Psychological disorders
Low SES
Limited formal education
No recommendation for tx due to data
Children and adolescent smokers (inconclusive) Light smokers (excluded from studies) Non-cigarette tobacco users (excluded from studies) Pregnant smokers (safety)
1st line monotherapy
NRT
Bupropion
Varenicline
Forms of NRT
Gum Patch Lozenges Inhalers Nasal sprays