Impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on smoking cessation success

IF 0.8 4区医学 Q3 MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL

African Health Sciences Pub Date : 2023-10-11 DOI:10.4314/ahs.v23i3.50

Pakize Ayşe Turan, Onur Turan

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Abstract

Setting-objective: Current COVID-19 outbreak has led to many behavioural changes, including smoking behaviours. We aimed to investigate the success of quitting smoking of smoking cessation outpatients. Design: Patients who applied to the smoking cessation outpatient clinic of a state hospital during the pandemic were retrospectively analysed. Smoking cessation success, personal views and experiences about COVID-19 were questioned. Hospital Anxiety and Depression (HAD) Scale was applied. Results: The smoking cessation rate in the study population was 14.7%. The reasons for not being able to quit smoking were; stress (51.9%), drug discontinuation (28.4%) and reasons related to COVID-19 (12.3%). According to HADS scores; 35.8% of the participants were at risk for anxiety and 72.6% for depression. Those with pulmonary symptoms at the time of application (p=0.001), those who continued smoking cessation treatment (p=0.016), and those without depressive symptoms (p=0.040) were significantly more successful in quitting smoking. The rate of continuing smoking was significantly higher in patients with a history of COVID-19 <18.9% of participants>(p=0.013). Conclusion: Intense stress and depressive symptoms, discontinuation of smoking cessation treatment and being infected with Coronavirus negatively affect the smoking cessation process in pandemic. These parameters should be considered during smoking cessation interviews and behavioural support should be obtained if necessary. Keywords: Smoking; cessation; pandemics.

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Covid-19大流行对戒烟成功的影响

设定目标:当前的COVID-19疫情导致了许多行为改变，包括吸烟行为。我们的目的是调查戒烟门诊患者的戒烟成功率。设计:回顾性分析大流行期间申请国立医院戒烟门诊的患者。对戒烟成功、个人对COVID-19的看法和经历进行了询问。采用医院焦虑与抑郁(HAD)量表。结果:研究人群的戒烟率为14.7%。无法戒烟的原因有:压力(51.9%)、停药(28.4%)和与COVID-19相关的原因(12.3%)。根据HADS分数;35.8%的参与者有焦虑风险，72.6%有抑郁风险。应用时有肺部症状的患者(p=0.001)、继续戒烟治疗的患者(p=0.016)和没有抑郁症状的患者(p=0.040)的戒烟成功率明显更高。有COVID-19病史的患者继续吸烟的比例显著高于18.9% (p=0.013)。结论:大流行期间，强烈的压力和抑郁症状、停止戒烟治疗和感染冠状病毒对戒烟进程有不利影响。在戒烟访谈中应考虑这些参数，必要时应获得行为支持。关键词:吸烟;停止;大流行。

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African Health Sciences MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL-

CiteScore

2.30

自引率

0.00%

发文量

179

审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： The African Health Sciences is an internationally refereed journal publishing original articles on research, clinical practice, public health, policy, planning, implementation and evaluation, in the health and related sciences relevant to Africa and the tropics. Its objectives are to: Advocate for and promote the growth of reading culture in sub Saharan Africa; Provide a high quality journal in which health and policy and other researchers and practitioners in the region can and world wide, can publish their work; Promote relevant health system research and publication in the region including alternative means of health care financing, the burden of and solution of health problems in marginalized urban and rural communities amongst the displaced and others affected by conflict; Promote research and the systematic collection and collation and publication of data on diseases and conditions of equity and influence; Promote development of evidence-based policies and guidelines for clinical, public health and other practitioners. African Health Sciences acknowledges support provided by the African Health Journals Partnership Project that is funded by the US National Institutes of Health (through the National Library of Medicine and the Fogarty International Center) and facilitated by the Council of Science Editors.