Effect of one-time brief additional counseling on periodic health examination for 40- and 66-year-olds: 2-Year follow up of 101 260 participants.
Ki-Young SonDong Wook ShinHyung-Kook YangJae Moon YunSo Hyun ChunJong-Koo LeeBe Long ChoPublished in: Geriatrics & gerontology international (2017)
The effect of one-time brief counseling added to a PHE in cigarette smoking was observed only among the 66-year-olds. However, the effect was so small that it is doubtful to be clinically relevant. Repeated counseling is required to sustain the effect of the initial motivation of counseling. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2018; 18: 329-337.