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ArticleTurkish thoracic journal2019

What Factors Influence Non-Adherence to the Smoking Cessation Program?

Nagihan Durmuş Koçak, Ülkü Aka Aktürk

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Article in Turkish thoracic journal, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Nagihan Durmuş KoçakClinic of Pulmonary Diseases, Health Sciences University, Süreyyapaşa Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4028-2797
Ülkü Aka AktürkClinic of Pulmonary Diseases, Health Sciences University, Süreyyapaşa Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7903-1779

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objectivesTo improve our knowledge and understand how to deal with non-adherence to the support programs and to determine the rate and possible factors related to non-adherence in subjects who attended our smoking cessation clinic. MATERIALS AND

methodsThis was a case-control study that included 550 subjects who applied to our smoking cessation clinic between June 1, 2011 and December 31, 2011. After a 1-year follow-up period, subjects were divided into two groups: adherent (controls) and non-adherent (cases). Sociodemographic and clinical parameters and smoking habits were evaluated. A p value <0.05 was considered significant.

resultsOf the 550 subjects, the number of cases (non-adherent) was 135 (24.6%), and the number of controls (adherent) was 415 (75.4%). Age to begin smoking was significantly young in subjects with non-adherence to the program (p=0.026). The rate of receiving pharmacotherapy was significantly high in subjects with adherence (p<0.0001). No difference was found between the groups according to varenicline, bupropion, nicotine gum, or combined therapy use, whereas nicotine patch use alone significantly increased the rate of non-adherence (p=0.022). Multivariable logistic regression analysis showed that the age to begin smoking (p=0.045, odds ratio (OR): 1.05, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.86-0.99) and pharmacotherapy (p<0.0001, OR: 5.00, 95% CI: 2.80-8.94) were independent variables that affected adherence to the program.

conclusionCare should be taken in the follow-up period when providing no pharmacotherapy and with subjects who started smoking at a young age.

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PMCPMC6590270

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