Cigarette smoking and interest in quitting among consumers at a Psychiatric Disability Rehabilitation and Support Service in Victoria

被引:42
作者
Moeller-Saxone, Kristen [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Melbourne, Dept Publ Hlth, Melbourne, Vic 3010, Australia
关键词
smoking; community psychiatry; mentally ill persons; smoking cessation;
D O I
10.1111/j.1753-6405.2008.00283.x
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
Objective: Togather information on smoking rates and interest in smoking cessation among consumers at a Psychiatric Disability Rehabilitation and Support Service (PDRSS). Method: Aquestionnaire was offered to all consumers at Neami Victoria by support staff in March 2007. Two hundred and eighty people (81%) completed the survey. Relationships between categorical variables were analysed using Fischer's exact test (p=0.05). Results: Sixty-two per cent of consumers were smokers. Twelve per cent had previously quit smoking. PDRS consumers smoked 50% more than the general population and high rates (17%) of illegal tobacco smoking were identified. Fifty-nine per cent of smokers wanted to quit while 74% wanted to reduce. Conclusions: While smoking rates were almost four times higher than the general population, interest in quitting and cutting down was also high. Implications: Opportunities exist for public health advocates to collaborate with PDRSSs to increase knowledge related to smoking harms, and to reduce smoking in this group.
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