Korean J Fam Med.  2009 Nov;30(11):857-863. 10.4082/kjfm.2009.30.11.857.

Attitudes toward Smoking Cessation Intervention and Services among Korean Physicians: A Questionnaire Survey

• Kim CH
• Song HR
• Lee WS
• Kim JY

• KMID: 2304447
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4082/kjfm.2009.30.11.857

Abstract

BACKGROUND
There are limited data regarding smoking cessation treatment by physicians in Korea. Thus, we investigated the attitude to smoking cessation intervention and services among Korean physicians.
METHODS
This survey was conducted in 987 participating physicians who had experiences in smoking cessation services. The subjective difficulties of smoking cessation services and its causes and the presumptive reasons for failure of smoking cessation among their patients were investigated using questionnaires.
RESULTS
Overall smoking rate among Korean physicians who participated in this survey was 12.6%. Most participating physicians had a difficulty in smoking cessation services and its causes were high cost of medication for smoking cessation due to non-imbursement (50.7%) and the absence of a medical fee on smoking cessation services (34.8%). The high cost of medication for smoking cessation due to non-imbursement (29.5%) also ranked high in the presumptive reasons for failure of smoking cessation among their patients.
CONCLUSION
The smoking rate of Korean physicians in this survey was lower than those of the general population. Most participating physicians had a difficulty in offering smoking cessation services. And the most common cause for the difficult was non-imbursement of their services and medication.

Keyword

Quit Smoking; Smoking Cessation Services; Smoking; Physicians; Korea

MeSH Terms

Fees, Medical
Humans
Korea
Smoke
Smoking
Smoking Cessation
Surveys and Questionnaires
Smoke