英文摘要 |
In Taiwan, annually, one fifth of death is accounted by smoking-related diseases. Smoking abstinence is important to prevent such death. The correlational study was conducted to investigate the effects of smoking cessation clinic on smoking cessation behavior in an outpatient department. Seventy-four subjects in Hualien who participated in a smoking cessation clinic were recruited in this study. Data on demographic characteristics, smoking history information, health belief of abstinence from smoking, self-efficacy of abstinence from smoking were collected at the first day when subjects participated in smoking cessation clinic and received nicotine replacement therapy. Smoking cessation behavior was defied as self-reported at the third week since subjects started the program. The success of smoking abstinence was confirmed by the value of the breath carbon monoxide (CO) level of less than 10 ppm. The results indicated that the rate of the smoking cessation behavior was 47.3%(N=35)at 3rd week, the success rate of smoking abstinence indicated by the value of the CO levels was 85.7%(N=30/35). Subjects who are younger in age, start to smoke at early age, have higher perceived barriers to quit, and have lower self-efficacy of abstinence from smoking were more likely to have worse smoking cessation behavior. The subject’s age (odds ratio=1.48), amount of daily smoking (odds ratio=0.85), perceived benefits of quitting smoking (odds ratio=2.10) predicted smoking cessation behavior. Based on the findings of this study, health care providers need to identify the persons who are more likely to have the worse smoking cessation behavior, therefore increase their self-efficacy, and increase their abstinence of smoking. |