A Qualitative Exploration Of Perceptions Among Patients And Health Care Professionals Towards Smoking Cessation Treatment Failure And Process And Economic Outcome Assessment Of Pharmacist Managed Quit Smoking Clinic In The State Of Malacca, Malaysia

Treatment default among smokers hinders the effectiveness of cessation service delivery. While most studies predicted the defaulters’ characteristics, the reasons these smokers dropped out and remain smoking are seldom explored. Thus, this qualitative component of this study aimed to explore these r...

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Main Author: Lee, Mei Lin
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Published: 2012
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spelling my-usm-ep.448282019-07-03T01:17:06Z A Qualitative Exploration Of Perceptions Among Patients And Health Care Professionals Towards Smoking Cessation Treatment Failure And Process And Economic Outcome Assessment Of Pharmacist Managed Quit Smoking Clinic In The State Of Malacca, Malaysia 2012-05 Lee, Mei Lin RS1-441 Pharmacy and materia medica Treatment default among smokers hinders the effectiveness of cessation service delivery. While most studies predicted the defaulters’ characteristics, the reasons these smokers dropped out and remain smoking are seldom explored. Thus, this qualitative component of this study aimed to explore these reasons by examining the barriers encountered by such smokers and their respective healthcare providers (HCPs). Social Cognitive Theory was used as the conceptual framework for the phenomenological qualitative study. From May 2010 to March 2011, 15 current adult smokers and nine HCPs from two Quit Smoking Clinics (QSCs) in Melaka Tengah District, Malacca were interviewed. 2012-05 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/44828/ http://eprints.usm.my/44828/1/LEE%20MEI%20LIN.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Sains Malaysia Pusat Pengajian Sains Farmasi
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Lee, Mei Lin
A Qualitative Exploration Of Perceptions Among Patients And Health Care Professionals Towards Smoking Cessation Treatment Failure And Process And Economic Outcome Assessment Of Pharmacist Managed Quit Smoking Clinic In The State Of Malacca, Malaysia
description Treatment default among smokers hinders the effectiveness of cessation service delivery. While most studies predicted the defaulters’ characteristics, the reasons these smokers dropped out and remain smoking are seldom explored. Thus, this qualitative component of this study aimed to explore these reasons by examining the barriers encountered by such smokers and their respective healthcare providers (HCPs). Social Cognitive Theory was used as the conceptual framework for the phenomenological qualitative study. From May 2010 to March 2011, 15 current adult smokers and nine HCPs from two Quit Smoking Clinics (QSCs) in Melaka Tengah District, Malacca were interviewed.
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author Lee, Mei Lin
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title A Qualitative Exploration Of Perceptions Among Patients And Health Care Professionals Towards Smoking Cessation Treatment Failure And Process And Economic Outcome Assessment Of Pharmacist Managed Quit Smoking Clinic In The State Of Malacca, Malaysia
title_short A Qualitative Exploration Of Perceptions Among Patients And Health Care Professionals Towards Smoking Cessation Treatment Failure And Process And Economic Outcome Assessment Of Pharmacist Managed Quit Smoking Clinic In The State Of Malacca, Malaysia
title_full A Qualitative Exploration Of Perceptions Among Patients And Health Care Professionals Towards Smoking Cessation Treatment Failure And Process And Economic Outcome Assessment Of Pharmacist Managed Quit Smoking Clinic In The State Of Malacca, Malaysia
title_fullStr A Qualitative Exploration Of Perceptions Among Patients And Health Care Professionals Towards Smoking Cessation Treatment Failure And Process And Economic Outcome Assessment Of Pharmacist Managed Quit Smoking Clinic In The State Of Malacca, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed A Qualitative Exploration Of Perceptions Among Patients And Health Care Professionals Towards Smoking Cessation Treatment Failure And Process And Economic Outcome Assessment Of Pharmacist Managed Quit Smoking Clinic In The State Of Malacca, Malaysia
title_sort qualitative exploration of perceptions among patients and health care professionals towards smoking cessation treatment failure and process and economic outcome assessment of pharmacist managed quit smoking clinic in the state of malacca, malaysia
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