Table 3 Lifestyle advice by GPs: mean percentage of consultations in which recommendations for improving lifestyle were given and their relevance according to the report of the AC-service
From: Consultation performance of general practitioners when supported by an asthma/COPDC-service
Advice: stop smoking (mean/GP) | Advice: improve condition | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available information | Actual smoker | Stopped smoking | Never smoked | overall | MRC 0-2 | MRC ≥ 3 | overall | ||
No ACs-support | 71%1 | 7% | 0% | 31% | P= 0,34 | 13% | 17%3 | 17% | P=0,42 |
ACs- support | 66%2 | 10% | 0% | 21% | 10% | 13%4 | 13% | ||