Acculturation, Depression, and Smoking Cessation: a trajectory pattern recognition approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Korean Americans are known for a high smoking prevalence within the Asian American population. This study examined the effects of acculturation and depression on Korean Americans' smoking cessation and abstinence.

Methods

This is a secondary data analysis of a smoking cessation study that implemented eight weekly individualized counseling sessions of a culturally adapted cessation intervention for the treatment arm and a standard cognitive behavioral therapy for the comparison arm. Both arms also received nicotine patches for 8 weeks. A newly developed non-parametric trajectory pattern recognition model (MI-Fuzzy) was used to identify cognitive and behavioral response patterns to a smoking cessation intervention among 97 Korean American smokers (81 men and 16 wome

SUBMITTER: Kim SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5525352 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature