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ArticleJournal of education and health promotion2018

Assessment of readiness to quit tobacco among patients with oral potentially malignant disorders using transtheoretical model.

Amit Kumar, Akanksha Tiwari, Akshatha Gadiyar, Ridhima B Gaunkar, Amita Kenkre Kamat

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Article in Journal of education and health promotion, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Amit KumarDepartment of Public Health Dentistry, Goa Dental College and Hospital, Goa, India.
Akanksha TiwariDepartment of Public Health Dentistry, Goa Dental College and Hospital, Goa, India.
Akshatha GadiyarDepartment of Public Health Dentistry, Goa Dental College and Hospital, Goa, India.
Ridhima B GaunkarDepartment of Public Health Dentistry, Goa Dental College and Hospital, Goa, India.
Amita Kenkre KamatDepartment of Public Health Dentistry, Goa Dental College and Hospital, Goa, India.
Goa Dental College and Hospital · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTobacco use is a disease of addiction and a behavior choice. It is valuable to understand the psychosocial dimension of disease.

objectivesThe research aimed to assess the (I) behavioral determinants and pattern of tobacco use (II) readiness to quit tobacco among patients with oral potentially malignant disorders (OPMDs) using transtheoretical model (TTM) approach visiting the dental college in Goa, India. MATERIALS AND

methodsThis cross-sectional analytical study was conducted among 300 patients over 3 months. Information about sociodemographics, determinants including age and reason of onset, behavioral stages, and the presence of OPMDs was collected using specially designed pro forma. Descriptive and inferential statistics were performed using SPSS 18.0.

resultsSmokeless form of tobacco 199 (66.34%) was most prevalent followed by smoking 79 (26.33%) and dual tobacco use 22 (07.33%) in males. Majority belonged to low socioeconomic class. Peer influence was the most-cited reason. Around 1/3

conclusionThe findings reflect that smokeless tobacco use is more prevalent in males with low level of education and socioeconomic class. Readiness to quit tobacco increases among patients with OPMDs using TTM.

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Smokeless tobaccosmokingtobacco cessationtobacco use

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