One-Year Follow-up Results of Başkent University İzmir Zübeyde Hanım Hospital Smoking Cessation Outpatient Clinic
Year: 2015
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: There are 17 million smokers in Turkey and 1.1 billions all over the world. In this study we investigated the results of our smoking cessation outpatient clinic retrospectively. METHODS: 37 patients who were evaluated at our outpatient clinic between October 2011 and October 2012 were included. RESULTS: There were 51.4% female, 48.6% female and the median age was 43.8 years in our study. Median history of smoking was 33.9 pack-years and the nicotine dependence level was high with 70.2%. 78.4% of the patients had university graduates, 67.6% married, 64.9% had children, 67.6% of them had comorbidity and %32.4 of them had taken professional support for smoking cessation in advance. Education and motivation therapy were given to all patients and also NRT to 8.1%, bupropion to 40%, varenicline were given to 45% of the patients. During the treatment; most frequent problems were willingness of smoking, irritability, nervousness, concentration difficulties. The most side effects were nausea, palpitation, prickle and the treatments of 4 objects was terminated because of the side effects. The smoking cessation were higher at the patients who were female, married, had children and had comorbidity but not statistically significant (p>0.05). Success rates were established as 75.7% at first month, 54.1% at 6. month and 54.1% at the end of the year, respectively. Success of therapy was %46.7 at the patients who were given bupropion treatment, %52.9 at varenicline teratment and %100 at NRT treatment. CONCLUSION: Finally; we emphasize that; cigarette smoking is stil an important problem of public health and the patients must be educated and referred for professional support.
Authors: Arzu İzmir, Şule Akçay, Füsun Öner Eyüboğlu
Language: Turkish
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2339167197