Psychosocial burden of addiction: A study in correlation to urinary cotinine levels in tobacco chewers
Autor: | Rajendrakumar Katte, Kanchan C Wingkar, Rajesh K. Joshi, Kiran S Nikam, Rajashekar K Kallur |
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Rok vydání: | 2021 |
Předmět: |
business.industry
Addiction media_common.quotation_subject General Medicine General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Nicotine Correlation chemistry.chemical_compound chemistry medicine Anxiety medicine.symptom Risk factor Cotinine business Psychosocial Depression (differential diagnoses) Clinical psychology medicine.drug media_common |
Zdroj: | Journal of Natural Science, Biology and Medicine. 12:161 |
ISSN: | 0976-9668 |
Popis: | Background: Tobacco usage is a foremost avoidable risk factor for the progress and development of the psychological disease, its deleterious psychological effects through multiple mechanisms.To find out psychosocial impact in correlation to urinary cotinine levels of tobacco chewers (TC) and non tobacco chewers (NTC). Materials and Methods: A total of 600 TC and NTC (18–65 years) were studied using the Hamilton anxiety (Ham-A) and Hamilton depression (Ham-D) scale, Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence-Smokeless Tobacco (FTND-ST) scale, and structured questionnaire. Results: Psychosocial response by anxiety and depression scale for NTC and TC mean score comparison was found to be highly significant (P |
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