Smoking characteristics and cessation in patients with thromboangiitis obliterans
| Autor: | C.A. Jiménez-Ruiz, L.C. Dale, J. Astray Mochales, L. Velázquez Buendía, I. de Granda Orive, A. Guirao García |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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| Zdroj: | Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, Vol 65, Iss 4 (2016) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1122-0643 2532-5264 |
| DOI: | 10.4081/monaldi.2006.552 |
| Popis: | Aim. Describe the smoking characteristics and the results of a smoking intervention programme involving 27 cigarette smokers with Thromboangiitis Obliterans (TAO). Methods. Clinical records of all cigarette smokers with TAO that attended our smoking treatment clinic from 1990 to 2004 were reviewed. Demographic and smoking characteristics, the type of smoking treatment received and its efficacy and safety up to 12 months was abstracted. Treatment consisted of the combination of behavioural and pharmacological treatment. The behavioural treatment was delivered in eight individual visits: one baseline visit and seven follow-up visits. Pharmacological treatment consisted of combinations of nicotine patches and nicotine gum (NRT) and/or bupropion. This is an‘intent to treat’ analysis. A descriptive analysis of the variables was performed. Qualitative variable relationships were tested using the χ-square test for independence, or Fisher’s Exact Test when expected values were less than five. Statistical significance was accepted at a level of p |
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