Prevalence of tobacco dependence and withdrawal.

Autor: Hughes JR, Gust SW, Pechacek TF
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The American journal of psychiatry [Am J Psychiatry] 1987 Feb; Vol. 144 (2), pp. 205-8.
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.144.2.205
Abstrakt: In a sample of 1,006 middle-aged male smokers drawn from the general population, 90% (N = 905) fulfilled DSM-III criteria and 36% (N = 362) fulfilled Fagerstrom's criteria for tobacco dependence. Among the 875 who had stopped smoking in the past for at least 24 hours, 21% (N = 184) fulfilled DSM-III criteria and 46% (N = 403) fulfilled the authors' own criteria for tobacco withdrawal. Concordance of results among the criteria for diagnosing tobacco dependence and withdrawal was low. These results suggest that the DSM-III criteria for tobacco dependence are overinclusive and that there is little consensus among the definitions of tobacco dependence and withdrawal.
Databáze: MEDLINE