Dragan Gjorgjievski, Katarina Stavrikj, Rachel Jordan, Peymane Adab, Gjorgji Stanoevski, Aleksandra Stamenova, Emilija Krstevska, Sara Simonovska, Fillip Trpcheski, Rachel Adams, Christina Easter, Kiran Rai, Kar Keung Cheng, Chunhua Chi, Brendan G Cooper, Jaime Correia-de-Sousa, Andrew P Dickens, Alexandra Enocson, Nicola Gale, Kate Jolly, Sue Jowett, Mariam Maglakelidze, Tamaz Maghlakelidze, Sonia Martins, Alice Sitch, Rafael Stelmach, Alice Turner, Siân Williams, Amanda Farley
INTRODUCTION: In 2019, smoking prevalence in North Macedonia was one of the world's highest at around 46% in adults. However, access to smoking cessation treatment is limited and no co-ordinated smoking cessation programmes are provided in primary care. METHODS: We conducted a three parallel-armed randomised controlled trial (n = 1368) to investigate effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of lung age (LA) or exhaled carbon monoxide (CO) feedback combined with very brief advice (VBA) to prompt smoking cessation compared with VBA alone, delivered by GPs in primary care in North Macedonia...
September 29, 2023: BMC Public Health