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Psychological Experience of Smoking Addiction in Family and Friends of Schizophrenic Adults Who Smoke Daily: A Qualitative Study

The smoking addiction of patients with severe mental disorders has consequences not only for the patients but also for the people around them. This is qualitative research on family and friends of patients with Schizophrenia spectrum disorders to investigate their perception and vision of smoking, i...

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Autores principales: Caponnetto, Pasquale, Maglia, Marilena, Gulizia, Annalisa, Prezzavento, Graziella Chiara, Polosa, Riccardo, Quattropani, Maria Catena, Signorelli, Maria Salvina
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Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10000785/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36900649
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11050644
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author Caponnetto, Pasquale
Maglia, Marilena
Gulizia, Annalisa
Prezzavento, Graziella Chiara
Polosa, Riccardo
Quattropani, Maria Catena
Signorelli, Maria Salvina
author_facet Caponnetto, Pasquale
Maglia, Marilena
Gulizia, Annalisa
Prezzavento, Graziella Chiara
Polosa, Riccardo
Quattropani, Maria Catena
Signorelli, Maria Salvina
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description The smoking addiction of patients with severe mental disorders has consequences not only for the patients but also for the people around them. This is qualitative research on family and friends of patients with Schizophrenia spectrum disorders to investigate their perception and vision of smoking, its impact on the patients’ physical and mental health, and the possible attempts to combat addiction. The research also investigates the participants’ views on electronic cigarettes as a means of replacing traditional cigarettes and helping the patient to quit smoking. The survey method used was a semi-structured interview. The answers were recorded, transcribed and analyzed with the technique of thematic analysis. The results of this study show that the view of most participants on smoking is negative (83.3%), although not all of them consider smoking cessation treatments for these patients of primary importance (33.3%). Nevertheless, a good number of them have tried to intervene spontaneously with their own resources and strategies (66.6%). Finally, low-risk products, and in particular electronic cigarettes, are considered by many participants as a useful alternative to traditional cigarettes in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. About the meaning that cigarettes can assume for the patient, recurring themes emerge: they are considered as a way to manage nervousness and tension or as a means to contrast daily monotony and boredom or repeat usual gestures and habits.
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spelling pubmed-100007852023-03-11 Psychological Experience of Smoking Addiction in Family and Friends of Schizophrenic Adults Who Smoke Daily: A Qualitative Study Caponnetto, Pasquale Maglia, Marilena Gulizia, Annalisa Prezzavento, Graziella Chiara Polosa, Riccardo Quattropani, Maria Catena Signorelli, Maria Salvina Healthcare (Basel) Article The smoking addiction of patients with severe mental disorders has consequences not only for the patients but also for the people around them. This is qualitative research on family and friends of patients with Schizophrenia spectrum disorders to investigate their perception and vision of smoking, its impact on the patients’ physical and mental health, and the possible attempts to combat addiction. The research also investigates the participants’ views on electronic cigarettes as a means of replacing traditional cigarettes and helping the patient to quit smoking. The survey method used was a semi-structured interview. The answers were recorded, transcribed and analyzed with the technique of thematic analysis. The results of this study show that the view of most participants on smoking is negative (83.3%), although not all of them consider smoking cessation treatments for these patients of primary importance (33.3%). Nevertheless, a good number of them have tried to intervene spontaneously with their own resources and strategies (66.6%). Finally, low-risk products, and in particular electronic cigarettes, are considered by many participants as a useful alternative to traditional cigarettes in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. About the meaning that cigarettes can assume for the patient, recurring themes emerge: they are considered as a way to manage nervousness and tension or as a means to contrast daily monotony and boredom or repeat usual gestures and habits. MDPI 2023-02-22 /pmc/articles/PMC10000785/ /pubmed/36900649 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11050644 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Polosa, Riccardo
Quattropani, Maria Catena
Signorelli, Maria Salvina
Psychological Experience of Smoking Addiction in Family and Friends of Schizophrenic Adults Who Smoke Daily: A Qualitative Study
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title_short Psychological Experience of Smoking Addiction in Family and Friends of Schizophrenic Adults Who Smoke Daily: A Qualitative Study
title_sort psychological experience of smoking addiction in family and friends of schizophrenic adults who smoke daily: a qualitative study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10000785/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36900649
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11050644
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