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Title: | Receiving support to quit smoking and quit attempts among smokers with and without smoking related diseases: Findings from the EUREST-PLUS ITC Europe Surveys |
Author: | Hedman, Linnea Katsaounou, Paraskevi Filippidis, Filippos Ravara, Sofia Lindberg, Anne Janson, Christer Gratziou, Christina Rohde, Gernot Kyriakos, Christina Mons, Ute Fernández Muñoz, Esteve Trofor, Antigona Demjén, Tibor Przewoźniak, Krzysztof Tountas, Yannis Fong, Geoffrey Vardavas, Constantine I. EUREST-PLUS consortium |
Keywords: | Tractament del tabaquisme Tractament del tabaquisme Malalties cròniques Malalties de l'aparell respiratori Smoking cessation Chronic diseases Respiratory diseases |
Issue Date: | 20-Mar-2019 |
Publisher: | European Publishing |
Abstract: | Introduction: Having a chronic disease either caused or worsened by tobacco smoking does not always translate into quitting smoking. Although smoking cessation is one of the most cost-effective medical interventions, it remains poorly implemented in healthcare settings. The aim was to examine whether smokers with chronic and respiratory diseases were more likely to receive support to quit smoking by a healthcare provider or make a quit attempt than smokers without these diseases. Methods: This population-based study included a sample of 6011 adult smokers in six European countries. The participants were interviewed face-to-face and asked questions on sociodemographic characteristics, current diagnoses for chronic diseases, healthcare visits in the last 12 months and, if so, whether they had received any support to quit smoking. Questions on smoking behavior included nicotine dependence, motivation to quit smoking and quit attempts in the last 12 months. The results are presented as weighted percentages with 95% confidence intervals (CI) and as adjusted odds ratios with 95% CI based on logistic regression analyses. Results: Smokers with chronic respiratory disease, those aged 55 years and older, as well as those with one or more chronic diseases were more likely to receive smoking cessation advice from a healthcare professional. Making a quit attempt in the last year was related to younger age, high educational level, higher motivation to quit, lower nicotine dependence and having received advice to quit from a healthcare professional but not with having chronic diseases. There were significant differences between countries with smokers in Romania consistently reporting more support to quit as well as quit attempts. Conclusions: Although smokers with respiratory disease did indeed receive smoking cessation support more often than smokers without disease, many smokers did not receive any advice or support to quit during a healthcare visit. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.18332/tid/102787 |
It is part of: | Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2019, vol. 16, supl. 2 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/175480 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.18332/tid/102787 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Medicina) Articles publicats en revistes (Institut d'lnvestigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL)) |
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