Identifying mechanisms that link pain to smoking relapse during a quit attempt.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Emerging evidence suggests that adults with chronic pain have poor smoking cessation outcomes, but the exact mechanisms are less understood. This study examined whether depression, anxiety, stress, and then, positive outcome expectancy for smoking mediated the association between pain and smoking relapse during a quit attempt.

Methods

This study is a secondary data analysis of a three-armed randomized clinical trial that compared in-person and smartphone-based smoking cessation interventions. Participants (N = 81) self-reported the amount of bodily pain they experienced in the past 4 weeks at baseline. Depression, anxiety, stress, and positive outcome expectancy for smoking were measured daily, via a smartphone app, throughout the first week of the quit attempt, an

SUBMITTER: Alexander AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7967913 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature