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Factors Correlated with Smoking Cessation Success in Older Adults: A Retrospective Cohort Study in Taiwan
Smoking cessation in the elderly is very important. This study aims to explore the success rate of smoking cessation in the elderly and the factors that predict the success of smoking cessation. We collected data from smokers ≥60 years who visited a medical center in Taiwan during 2017. All patients...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6766016/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31540355 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16183462 |
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author | Chang, Chih-Po Huang, Wei-Hsin You, Ching-Hui Hwang, Lee-Ching Lu, I-Jung Chan, Hsin-Lung |
author_facet | Chang, Chih-Po Huang, Wei-Hsin You, Ching-Hui Hwang, Lee-Ching Lu, I-Jung Chan, Hsin-Lung |
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description | Smoking cessation in the elderly is very important. This study aims to explore the success rate of smoking cessation in the elderly and the factors that predict the success of smoking cessation. We collected data from smokers ≥60 years who visited a medical center in Taiwan during 2017. All patients were prescribed either varenicline or nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) for smoking cessation. The participants were asked about their smoking status after treatment. In total, 129 participants were enrolled. The three- or six-month point abstinence rate was 48.1%. No significant difference was found among baseline characteristics (including age, gender, underlying diseases, smoking duration, daily consumption amount of cigarette, carbon monoxide concentration, Fagerström test for nicotine dependence scores, and treatment method) between quitters and non-quitters, except for the type of medication used. The proportion of quitters using varenicline was significantly higher than that of non-quitters. Multivariate regression analyses showed that the patients who received varenicline were 3.22 times more likely to quit smoking than those who received NRT. Therefore, we suggest that varenicline use may help in smoking cessation in older adults, compared to NRT. Other baseline characteristics may not affect the success rate of smoking cessation in this population. |
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spelling | pubmed-67660162019-09-30 Factors Correlated with Smoking Cessation Success in Older Adults: A Retrospective Cohort Study in Taiwan Chang, Chih-Po Huang, Wei-Hsin You, Ching-Hui Hwang, Lee-Ching Lu, I-Jung Chan, Hsin-Lung Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Smoking cessation in the elderly is very important. This study aims to explore the success rate of smoking cessation in the elderly and the factors that predict the success of smoking cessation. We collected data from smokers ≥60 years who visited a medical center in Taiwan during 2017. All patients were prescribed either varenicline or nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) for smoking cessation. The participants were asked about their smoking status after treatment. In total, 129 participants were enrolled. The three- or six-month point abstinence rate was 48.1%. No significant difference was found among baseline characteristics (including age, gender, underlying diseases, smoking duration, daily consumption amount of cigarette, carbon monoxide concentration, Fagerström test for nicotine dependence scores, and treatment method) between quitters and non-quitters, except for the type of medication used. The proportion of quitters using varenicline was significantly higher than that of non-quitters. Multivariate regression analyses showed that the patients who received varenicline were 3.22 times more likely to quit smoking than those who received NRT. Therefore, we suggest that varenicline use may help in smoking cessation in older adults, compared to NRT. Other baseline characteristics may not affect the success rate of smoking cessation in this population. MDPI 2019-09-18 2019-09 /pmc/articles/PMC6766016/ /pubmed/31540355 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16183462 Text en © 2019 by the authors. 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 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Chang, Chih-Po Huang, Wei-Hsin You, Ching-Hui Hwang, Lee-Ching Lu, I-Jung Chan, Hsin-Lung Factors Correlated with Smoking Cessation Success in Older Adults: A Retrospective Cohort Study in Taiwan |
title | Factors Correlated with Smoking Cessation Success in Older Adults: A Retrospective Cohort Study in Taiwan |
title_full | Factors Correlated with Smoking Cessation Success in Older Adults: A Retrospective Cohort Study in Taiwan |
title_fullStr | Factors Correlated with Smoking Cessation Success in Older Adults: A Retrospective Cohort Study in Taiwan |
title_full_unstemmed | Factors Correlated with Smoking Cessation Success in Older Adults: A Retrospective Cohort Study in Taiwan |
title_short | Factors Correlated with Smoking Cessation Success in Older Adults: A Retrospective Cohort Study in Taiwan |
title_sort | factors correlated with smoking cessation success in older adults: a retrospective cohort study in taiwan |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6766016/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31540355 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16183462 |
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