Abstract
Aim of study: Identify tobacco smoking (TS) recurrence predictors in lung TB patients. Маterials and Methods: In all, the results of over the phone consulting on to-bacco smoking cessation with 335 smoking TB pa-tients (age from 18 to 70). Inclusion criteria: tobacco smoking in the course of 3 years and longer. Exclusion criteria: psychic diseases and disorders, аlcohol or narcotic drugs’ addiction. Number of cigarettes per day, duration of TS, nicotine dependence (ND) degree based on Fagerstrom test, motivation for smoking cessation, and anxiety and depression markers by HADS score were defined in all the patients. The smoking patients were offered over the phone consulting throughout the first month of smoking cessation in case they cease (time for consulting sessions coordinated with patients). Effectiveness of cessation was evaluated after 6 months. The patients were aggregated into the following groups: those who successfully ceased smoking and have not smoked for 6 months and longer (Group 1), and those who resumed TS after treatment (Group 2). Data was statistically processed with the help of SPSS programme
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