One-Year Follow-up Results of Smoking Cessation Outpatient Clinic: Factors Affecting the Cessation of Smoking

Abstract

Objective: The aim was to investigate the factors affecting the quitting smoking success of the patients followed in the smoking cessation outpatient clinic and the rate of quitting smoking in this clinic. Methods:From the 320 cases who applied to the smoking cessation clinic, 241 cases with a 12 month follow-up completed between June 2011 and June 2012 were included in the study. Routine biochemical and hematological tests, respiratory function test, electrocardiography, and posteroanterior chest radiography were requested from the cases. Moreover, the cases were requested to complete the Fagerstrom nicotine dependence test, anxiety and depression assessment scale and the outpatient clinic's form, including demographic data. The medicines taken and the duration of use were recorded. The quitting smoking success of the patients and the factors affecting this success were evaluated.Results: Generally, at the end of the first year, the rate of quitting smoking was 37.3%. The demographic characteristics of the groups who quit smoking and who failed to quit smoking were similar. Fagerstrom dependence degree (p<0.001) and the number of cigarettes smoked at the workplace (p<0.001) were higher. The individuals included in the group who quit smoking put on more weight. Overall, 27.4% of the patients received behavioural education (BE), 56% of them received behavioural education and nicotine replacement therapy (BE+NRT), 9.5% of them received BE+Bupropion, 2.5% of them received BE+Varenicline, and 4.6% of them received BE+Bupropion+NRT treatments. The rates of quitting smoking were 15.2%, 43.7%, 52.2%, 66.7% and 45.5%, respectively. With the administration of pharmacological treatment for a sufficient time, the rates of quitting smoking rose meaningfully (p<0.001). Conclusion:Quitting smoking is a difficult process that has to be evaluated individually for every case. In this process, the administration of sufficient behavioural education and pharmacological treatment with sufficient time for appropriate individuals will increase the success rate.

Smoking Cessation with Medication and Behaviour Therapy

“…Yasar et al found that 60.2% of patients who visited the cigarette polyclinic were found to be male in their study. 10 The number of patients admitted in another study was 127; 30.7% were female and 69.3% were male. 11 SHETRH’s SCCs patients were primarily male (61.5%).…”

Anksiyete Sensitivitesinin Nikotin Bağımlılığı ve Sigara Bırakma Başarısına Etkileri

“…et al Effects of Anxiety Sensitivity on Smoking Cessation who quit smoking and remained abstinent for six months. Many different ratios, ranging from 29.1% to 45.5%, were reported from other smoking cessation clinics in Turkey [10,11]. Therewithal, another study [18] found a smoking cessation rate of 44.2% for the first year and 48% for the first six months.…”

Follow-Up Study Results of Patients of a Cigarette Cessation Clinic and Factors Affecting These Results

“…This is followed by wonder, friend/social influences and stress at different ranks. [7][8][9][10][11][12] 'Emulation', 'friend/social influences' and 'curiosity' all emphasize the important role of the social environment in starting smoking. 'Role model' and 'peer effect' concepts stand out, reflecting that social interventions outperform individual measures in controlling the tobacco use.…”

“…As expected, this has led to the result that success of quitting smoking found in this research appeared lower compared to other researches in the literature. 5,11,[18][19][20] In addition, some of the researches on this subject in the literature have a retrospective design. In a retrospective research, probability of reaching no-smokers or probability of no-smokers' acceptance to participate in the research is high and thus this may lead to apparently more positive results.…”