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Table 3 Percentage of facilities in which Many-Almost All clients received services

From: The index of tobacco treatment quality: development of a tool to assess evidence-based treatment in a national sample of drug treatment facilities

Item stem: “How many of your clients…”

% (N)

were asked at intake if they smoke cigarettes?1* (N = 404)

87.7 (336)

were asked at intake if they use tobacco products other than cigarettes? (N = 383)

70.6 (286)

Item stem: “How many of your clients who smoke…”

% (N)

were assessed for nicotine dependence or withdrawal using the DSM IV (4), Fagerstrom Test, or some other assessment? (N = 403)

33.3 (135)

were assessed for their readiness to stop using tobacco?2 (N = 383)

38.1 (146)

Behavioral Treatment

were advised that they should stop using tobacco?3 (N = 383)

48.6 (186)

received individual or group counseling to help them stop using tobacco?4 (N = 383)

23.3 (89)

received counseling or brief intervention to help them become more motivated to quit?5 (N = 383)

24.3 (93)

had goals for tobacco listed in their treatment plans? (N = 403)

18.5 (75)

were referred to self-help groups, such as nicotine anonymous? (N = 401)

10.7 (43)

were referred to a tobacco quitline for telephone counseling? (N = 403)

17.8 (72)

were referred to Internet or online resources for help with quitting? (N = 402)

8.9 (36)

were provided with written self-help materials about tobacco use and quitting? (N = 402)

28.7 (116)

Pharmacotherapy

were referred, by staff in this facility, to an off-site provider—like a doctor or social services—to obtain quit smoking medications? (N = 402)

6.9 (28)

were recommended to use quit smoking medications by staff in this facility?6 (N = 383)**

18.3 (70)

were prescribed quit smoking medications by staff in this facility? (N = 402)

3.2 (13)

were provided with quit smoking medications by staff in this facility? (N = 401)

3.2 (13)

  1. *Numbered items, in bold, are items that are included in the ITTQ.
  2. **The 7th ITTQ item, an assessment of the intensity of tobacco treatment provided, used different response categories and is described in the text.