Journal of Addiction Research & Therapy
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Research Article

Factors Associated With Tobacco Dependence in People with Mental Disorders

¹Department of Psychiatric Nursing and Human Sciences at Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing, University of São Paulo. Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

²Department of Social Medicine of the Ribeirão Preto Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo. Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Corresponding Author:

Renata Marques de Oliveira
Department of Psychiatric Nursing and Human
Sciences at Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing
University of São Paulo. Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
Tel: 551 499 703 8876
E-mail: renatamarques@ymail.com

Received date: May 10, 2015; Accepted date: June 15, 2015; Published date: June 21, 2015

Citation: de Oliveira RM, Santos JLF, Furegato ARF (2015) Factors Associated With Tobacco Dependence in People with Mental Disorders. J Addict Res Ther 6:231. doi:10.4172/2155-6105.1000231

Copyright: © 2015 de Oliveira RM, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

This study’s objective was to identify socio-demographic and clinical factors associated with the degree of tobacco dependence in those with mental disorders, hospitalized in the psychiatric unit of a general hospital. An exploratory study with the participation of 96 smokers, who have mental disorders, hospitalized in the psychiatric unit of a general public hospital between August 2010 – February 2012. Individual interviews were held using the Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND). A questionnaire was administered for raising socio-demographic and clinical variables. Bivariate and multivariate analysis was undertaken. Of the 96 smokers, 53.2% had a high or very high degree of tobacco dependence. Those who had previously been hospitalized in a psychiatric unit (OR= 3.59) or who had somatic comorbidities (OR= 2.50) have greater chances of being classified as highly dependent on tobacco than do the other subjects. The variables of psychiatric hospitalization and somatic comorbidities are risk factors for a high degree of tobacco dependence. Knowing the factors involved in tobacco dependence can help in planning the care for the mentally ill.

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