Keywords
Adult
Primary Health Care
Nursing
Tobacco Use Disorder
How to Cite
Abstract
The aim was to map nursing interventions aimed at smoking cessation in adults in primary health care. This scoping review protocol follows the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) methodology and the PRISMA-ScR guidelines. The search will be conducted in international databases and will include primary, secondary, and grey literature studies published between 2015 and 2025, in Portuguese, English, and Spanish, describing nurse-led interventions in primary care, based on the PCC strategy: P (Population) - Adults (≥ 19 and ≤ 64 years of age); C (Concept) - Nursing interventions aimed at smoking cessation; C (Context) - Primary health care. Hospital studies or studies without explicit nursing intervention will be excluded. Two independent reviewers will perform data selection and extraction, with disagreements resolved by a third reviewer, presenting a PRISMA-ScR flowchart. The results will be synthesized in descriptive and narrative tables, mapping the components of the interventions, outcomes, barriers, facilitators, and gaps. It is expected to clarify the role of nursing in primary smoking cessation, guiding clinical practice and future research.
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