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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
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2012
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RS1-441 Pharmacy and materia medica
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spelling my.usm.eprints.44828 http://eprints.usm.my/44828/ 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 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 NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/44828/1/LEE%20MEI%20LIN.pdf Lee, Mei Lin (2012) 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. Masters thesis, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
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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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