Smoking Behaviors and Medical Co-Morbidities in Patients With Mental Illnesses

Arch Psychiatr Nurs. 2016 Dec;30(6):740-746. doi: 10.1016/j.apnu.2016.07.003. Epub 2016 Jul 12.

Abstract

Correlations among smoking behaviors and co-morbid medical illnesses were examined among 982 smokers with mental illnesses enrolled in a smoking cessation program within Mental Health and Addictions Services in Vancouver, Canada. Significant correlates among individuals with psychotic disorders included associations between a history of emphysema/chronic obstructive pulmonary (COPD) disease and cigarettes smoked per day (r's=.35, p≤.01), Confidence in quitting (r's=-.33, p≤.01), and nicotine dependence (r's=.32, p≤.01). Study findings may have implications for the development of integrated medical-psychiatric treatment delivery models that include comprehensive tobacco cessation programs tailored toward people with mental illnesses.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Canada
  • Comorbidity*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mental Disorders / complications*
  • Middle Aged
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Risk Factors
  • Smoking / psychology*
  • Smoking Cessation / methods
  • Smoking Cessation / psychology
  • Smoking Cessation / statistics & numerical data*
  • Tobacco Use Disorder