Abstract:
BACKGROUND:Smokeless tobacco (ST) use is associated with significant health risks and is increasing in prevalence in the United States. This study examined the prevalence of ST use among patients seen in two family practice centers and the documentation of that ST use in the medical record. METHODS:A survey of 209 patients seen in two family practice centers in northeast Tennessee was done to determine current and former smoking and ST use. Charts of all current ST users were reviewed for additional data. RESULTS:Current ST use was reported by 7.7% of patients. Highest rates were found in middle-aged men (27.8%) and elderly women (14.8%). Physicians rarely recorded ST use as a significant problem in the medical record. In several cases, management of other medical conditions may have been compromised by the physicians' lack of awareness of the ST use. CONCLUSIONS:The use of smokeless tobacco may be an important unrecognized problem in patients seen in family physicians' offices.
journal_name
South Med Jjournal_title
Southern medical journalauthors
Feierabend RH Jrdoi
10.1097/00007611-199712000-00012subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1997-12-01 00:00:00pages
1225-8issue
12eissn
0038-4348issn
1541-8243journal_volume
90pub_type
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