Clinical management of tobacco dependence in inpatient psychiatry: provider practices and patient utilization.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This investigation examined predictors of utilization of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) during a smoke-free psychiatric hospitalization.

Methods

Smokers (N=324) were recruited from smoke-free adult inpatient psychiatric units. Exploratory analyses examined correlates of NRT provision and utilization.

Results

The prevalence of NRT use was 51% overall and was greater among patients offered NRT on admission (58%) versus later (34%), among patients with more severe depression and nicotine withdrawal, and among those who reported perceptions that NRT decreases nicotine withdrawal, provides a nicotine substitute, and helps with quitting smoking (p<.05, all comparisons). Although the ratio of nicotine patch dose to usual cigarettes per day was 1.2±.7, the ratio

SUBMITTER: Leyro TM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5120885 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature