Family practice
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Multicenter Study
Effectiveness of individual and group multicomponent interventions for smoking cessation in primary care: a quasi-experimental study.
The efficacy of smoking cessation interventions can be quite diverse in day-to-day clinical practice. ⋯ Our study found that multicomponent group and individual interventions in primary care were associated with an overall quit rate of smoking of 36.9% at 12-month follow-up, with higher probability of success among patients with higher education and those who received the group intervention and drug treatment.
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Multicenter Study Observational Study
Non-dispensing pharmacists' actions and solutions of drug therapy problems among elderly polypharmacy patients in primary care.
To evaluate the process of clinical medication review for elderly patients with polypharmacy performed by non-dispensing pharmacists embedded in general practice. The aim was to identify the number and type of drug therapy problems and to assess how and to what extent drug therapy problems were actually solved. ⋯ Non-dispensing pharmacists integrated in general practice identified a large number of drug therapy problems and successfully implemented a proportionally high number of recommendations that solved the majority of drug therapy problems.