What factors determine uptake and quit rates in NHS stop smoking services
Author(s)
Susan Murray, Rosemary Hiscock and Linda Bauld
Presenter(s)
Rosemary Hiscock Research Officer, UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies (UKCTCS), University of Bath
Abstract
As part of an ongoing NIHR funded study, the uptake and efficiency of 49 local Stop Smoking Services (LSSS) in England were assessed using routine monitoring data collected using the North 51 QuitManager database. 202, 084 records of clients who set quit dates between July 2010 and June 2011 were included. Uptake was measured through exploration of distributions of client characteristics and the proportion of the local population reached by the services. To measure efficiency, self-report quits, CO validated quits and CO validation rates four weeks after clients set a quit date were calculated.
Clients from all socioeconomic groups and a range of ethnic minorities accessed the service. We estimated that the majority of PCTs saw about 5-10% of their smoking population from mid-2010 to mid-2011.
The overall self-report and CO validated quit rates were 48% and 34% respectively and CO validation rates were 74%. Highest quit rates were found among older people, men, clients with higher economic status, clients with January quit dates and clients who took varenicline or combination NRT. There were also significant differences between PCTs, clients who participated in group and one to one interventions and clients of specialist service advisors compared with other advisors.
