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

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dc.contributor.authorLee, Mei Lin
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-24T02:37:20Z
dc.date.available2019-06-24T02:37:20Z
dc.date.issued2012-05
dc.description.abstractTreatment 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. The interviews were audiorecorded and transcribed verbatim. The non-English transcripts were subsequently translated to English and analyzed using thematic content analysis framework. The barriers encountered were categorized as individual- and clinic-level. Both smokers and HCPs acknowledged that the smokers’ low intrinsic motivation was the individual-level barrier. The clinic-level barriers were the smokers’ and HCPs’ mismatched perceptions regarding the HCPs’ roles, skills and attitudes as well as the availability and efficacy of smoking cessation aids (SCAs). While the smokers viewed the programme as not helpful, the HCPs cited the lack of organizational support as their main barrier. The reasons for treatment default centred on the overall treatment dissatisfaction (the programme, HCP and SCA factors) intertwined with the smokers’ low intrinsic motivation.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/8350
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversiti Sains Malaysiaen_US
dc.subjectExamining the barriers encountered by such smokersen_US
dc.subjectand their respective healthcare providersen_US
dc.titleA 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, Malaysiaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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