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Smoking Habits and Attitudes toward Smoking in Patients with Severe Mental Illness in Residential Facilities in Insular Greece

Smoking may contribute to increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. The objective of the present study is to explore the attitudes toward smoking in patients with severe mental illness in residential rehabilitation facilities in insular Greec...

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Autores principales: Botsari, Ioanna, Marouli, Georgia, Arvanitaki, Aikaterini, Peritogiannis, Vaios
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10001183/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36900647
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11050642
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author Botsari, Ioanna
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Arvanitaki, Aikaterini
Peritogiannis, Vaios
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description Smoking may contribute to increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. The objective of the present study is to explore the attitudes toward smoking in patients with severe mental illness in residential rehabilitation facilities in insular Greece. The patients (n = 103) were studied with the use of a questionnaire based on a semi-structured interview. Most of the participants (68.3%) were current regular smokers, had been smoking for 29 years and started smoking at an early age. The majority (64.8%) reported having tried to quit smoking in the past, and only half had been advised by a physician to quit. The patients agreed on the rules for smoking and believed that the staff should avoid smoking in the facility. The years of smoking were statistically significantly correlated to the educational level and the treatment with antidepressant medication. A statistical analysis showed that longer stay period in the facilities correlates with current smoking, an effort to quit and increased belief that smoking causes harm to health. Further research on the attitudes of patients in residential facilities toward smoking is needed, which could guide interventions for smoking cessation and should be assumed by all health professionals who are involved in the care of those patients.
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spelling pubmed-100011832023-03-11 Smoking Habits and Attitudes toward Smoking in Patients with Severe Mental Illness in Residential Facilities in Insular Greece Botsari, Ioanna Marouli, Georgia Arvanitaki, Aikaterini Peritogiannis, Vaios Healthcare (Basel) Article Smoking may contribute to increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. The objective of the present study is to explore the attitudes toward smoking in patients with severe mental illness in residential rehabilitation facilities in insular Greece. The patients (n = 103) were studied with the use of a questionnaire based on a semi-structured interview. Most of the participants (68.3%) were current regular smokers, had been smoking for 29 years and started smoking at an early age. The majority (64.8%) reported having tried to quit smoking in the past, and only half had been advised by a physician to quit. The patients agreed on the rules for smoking and believed that the staff should avoid smoking in the facility. The years of smoking were statistically significantly correlated to the educational level and the treatment with antidepressant medication. A statistical analysis showed that longer stay period in the facilities correlates with current smoking, an effort to quit and increased belief that smoking causes harm to health. Further research on the attitudes of patients in residential facilities toward smoking is needed, which could guide interventions for smoking cessation and should be assumed by all health professionals who are involved in the care of those patients. MDPI 2023-02-21 /pmc/articles/PMC10001183/ /pubmed/36900647 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11050642 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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title_short Smoking Habits and Attitudes toward Smoking in Patients with Severe Mental Illness in Residential Facilities in Insular Greece
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10001183/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36900647
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11050642
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