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Table 1 AAR implementation by chiropractor

From: Systems change to improve tobacco use identification and referral in the chiropractic setting: a pilot study

Chiropractor

Month

No. of NECs

% Asked

No. of users

% Advised

% Referred

1

Baseline

33

100.0

0

NA

NA

1

7

100.0

0

NA

NA

2

4

100.0

0

NA

NA

3

8

100.0

1

0.0

0.0

4

7

100.0

2

50.0

50.0

5

5

100.0

0

NA

NA

6

11

100.0

0

NA

NA

2

Baseline

24

0.0

NA

NA

NA

1

12

83.3

7

100.0

71.4

2

18

94.4

6

83.3

33.3

3

18

100.0

2

100.0

100.0

4

21

81.0

4

50.0

25.0

5

21

95.2

4

75.0

75.0

6

6

100.

1

0.0

0.0

3

Baseline

40

100.0

18

0.0

0.0

1

33

100.0

5

0.0

0.0

2

21

100.0

4

25.0

0.0

3

20

100.0

2

50.0

0.0

4

30

100.0

6

83.3

0.0

5

40

100.0

6

16.7

0.0

6

26

100.0

3

0.0

0.0

4

Baseline

39

100.0

17

0.0

0.0

1

40

100.0

7

28.6

28.6

2

25

100.0

2

50.0

50.0

3

40

100.0

5

40.0

0.0

4

39

100.0

2

0.0

0.0

5

38

100.0

7

85.7

71.4

6

38

100.0

8

37.5

25.0

5

Baseline

40

35.0

6

0.0

0.0

1

29

37.9

8

75.0

0.0

2

27

40.7

2

100.0

50.0

3

10

100.0

0

NA

NA

4

12

100.0

0

NA

NA

5

9

100.0

3

0.0

0.0

6

3

100.0

0

NA

NA

6

Baseline

35

100.0

6

0.0

0.0

1

7

100.0

0

NA

NA

2

15

100.0

0

NA

NA

3

14

100.0

4

0.0

0.0

4

16

100.0

1

0.0

0.0

5

16

100.0

1

0.0

0.0

6

22

100.0

1

0.0

0.0

All

Baseline

211

76.3

47

0.0

0.0

1

128

84.4

27

55.6

25.9

2

110

84.5

14

64.3

28.6

3

110

100.0

14

35.7

14.3

4

125

96.8

15

53.3

13.3

5

129

99.2

21

47.6

38.1

6

106

100.0

13

23.1

15.4

  1. NA Not available
  2. The performance in Ask, Advise, Refer (AAR) for each chiropractor individually and all chiropractors combined. For each month (including baseline), the following was recorded: the number of new episodes of care (No. of NECs), the percentage of NEC patients asked if they use tobacco (% Asked), the number of NEC patients identified as tobacco users (No. of users), the percentage of NEC patients identified as tobacco users advised (% Advised), and the percentage of NEC patients identified as tobacco users referred (% Referred)