Psychiatric comorbidities in a comparative effectiveness smoking cessation trial: Relations with cessation success, treatment response, and relapse risk factors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Comorbid psychiatric diagnoses have been shown to predict cessation failure. The relative impact of various diagnoses on cessation and other cessation processes is rarely studied, particularly among a general population. The impact of psychiatric history among primary care patients seeking cessation services on nicotine dependence, cessation outcomes, treatment effects and adherence, and withdrawal symptoms was examined.

Methods

Secondary data analysis of a multi-site comparative effectiveness smoking cessation trial was conducted. Adult smokers (n  = 1051; 52.5 % Female, 68.1 % white) completed a structured clinical interview at baseline to assess psychiatric diagnostic history (past-year and lifetime). Nicotine dependence was assessed via self-report measures at

SUBMITTER: Johnson AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7076564 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature