ArticleBMJ open respiratory research2014
Impact of smoking cessation therapy on health-related quality of life.
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- A Pragmatic Randomized Trial Comparing Telephone-Based Enhanced Pharmacy Care and Usual Care to Support Smoking Cessation.Journal of managed care & specialty pharmacy · 2016Trial
- CYP2B6 rs2279343 polymorphism is associated with smoking cessation success in bupropion therapy.European journal of clinical pharmacology · 2015Trial
- How Do Optometrists Approach Directed Questioning on Smoking Status in a Centrally Co-Ordinated, Publicly-Funded National Primary Care Eye Health Service?Clinical optometry · 2026Article
- Factors associated with health-related quality of life 1 year after COVID-19: a cross-sectional study in Sweden.Upsala journal of medical sciences · 2025Article
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- Factors influencing decline in quality of life in smokers without airflow obstruction: The COPDGene study.Respiratory medicine · 2020Article
- A Comparative Study of Respiratory Quality of Life among Firefighters, Traffic Police and Other Occupations in Malaysia.The international journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2019Article
- Effectiveness of pharmacotherapy for smoking cessation: protocol for umbrella review and quality assessment of systematic reviews.Systematic reviews · 2018Article
- Smoking Cessation Is Associated With Lower Indirect Costs.Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2018Article
- Content Analysis of Smartphone Apps for Smoking Cessation in China: Empirical Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2017Article
- Differences in Health-Related Quality of Life Between New Mexican Hispanic and Non-Hispanic White Smokers.Chest · 2016Article
- Characterising smoking cessation smartphone applications in terms of behaviour change techniques, engagement and ease-of-use features.Translational behavioral medicine · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundSmoking is associated with poor health-related quality of life (HRQL); however, there are few data regarding effects of smoking cessation treatment on HRQL. The purpose of this study was to describe changes in HRQL after smoking cessation treatment and to elucidate factors influencing this improvement in HRQL.
settingSmoking cessation clinic at a 358-bed community teaching hospital in Japan.
methodsWe conducted a prospective cohort study of cigarette smokers who participated in a 3-month smoking cessation programme. HRQL was assessed at baseline and at the end of the programme using the St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ). The abstinence was subjected to verification by an exhaled CO level of ≤10 ppm.
resultsOf 570 participants in the programme, 277 (mean age: 60.9±12.2 y, male/female=180/97) were eligible; excluded were 277 participants who dropped out of the programme and 16 for whom SGRQs were not available or were incomplete. Initial prescribed pharmacotherapy was transdermal nicotine patches in 160 participants and varenicline in 117. At 12 weeks, SGRQ scores improved significantly as follows (mean±SD): Δ symptoms score, -5.7±16.0; Δ activity score, -4.4±18.3; Δ impact score, -5.3±13.5 and Δ total score, -5.1±12.2 (p<0.0001 in all cases). There were no significant differences in changes in SGRQ scores between quitters (n=183) and continuous smokers (n=94). In a multivariate analysis, only the average nicotine addiction level according to the Tobacco Dependence Screener test was associated with a clinically significant improvement in the SGRQ (OR 1.35 (95% CI 1.15 to 1.59)). Marked reduction in number of cigarettes smoked with a corresponding low median exhaled CO level of 7 ppm in continuous smokers following therapy was observed.
conclusionsSmoking cessation treatment improved HRQL regardless of quit status. Baseline nicotine addiction level was predictive of that improvement.
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