Factors Affecting Smoking Cessation Success of Heavy Smokers Registered in the Intensive Care Smoking Cessation Camp (Data from the National Tobacco Control Center)
Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives
;
(6): 240-247, 2018.
Article
in English
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| ID: wpr-717735
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors involved in the success of smoking cessation in heavy smokers enrolled in an intensive care smoking cessation camp program.METHODS:
Heavy smokers enrolled in the program were classified into a success (n = 69) or failure (n = 29) group, according to whether they maintained smoking cessation for 6 months after the end of the program. Demographics, smoking behaviors, and smoking cessation-related characteristics were analyzed.RESULTS:
Statistically significantly more participants in the success group had a spouse (98.6%; p = 0.008) compared with participants in the failure group (82.8%). However, multivariate logistic regression analysis indicated that having a spouse was not an independent factor in smoking cessation (p = 0.349). A significant difference in the frequency of counseling between the success and failure groups was observed (p = 0.001), with 72.5% of those who received counseling on 3–5 occasions for 6 months after the end of program successfully quit smoking, indicating that those who received more counseling had a higher likelihood of smoking cessation success. This was confirmed as an independent factor by multivariate logistic regression (p < 0.005). Furthermore, a graduate school level of education or higher, indicated a statistically greater success rate compared to those that were less well educated (p = 0.043). This was also observed as a significant independent factor using multivariate logistic regression (p = 0.046).CONCLUSION:
Education level, marital status, and the number of counseling sessions were significant factors contributing to smoking cessation success.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Smoke
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Nicotiana
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Smoking
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Logistic Models
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Demography
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Smoking Cessation
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Marital Status
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Spouses
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Counseling
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Critical Care
Type of study:
Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives
Year:
2018
Type:
Article
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