Factors Correlated with Success Rate of Outpatient Smoking Cessation Services in Taiwan

Bibliographic Data

ID15510063
AuthorsWei-Hsin Huang (0000-0002-6708-577X, National Taiwan Normal University), Hsin‐Yin Hsu (0000-0003-1734-0012, Mackay Memorial Hospital), Hsin-Yin Hsu (Department of Family Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei 106, Taiwan), Betty Chia‐Chen Chang (0000-0002-9515-7750, Mackay Memorial Hospital), Betty Chia-Chen Chang (Department of Family Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei 106, Taiwan), Fong-Ching Chang (0000-0002-1434-6534, National Taiwan Normal University), Fong‐ching Chang (0000-0002-8279-0434, National Taiwan Normal University, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume15
Issue6
Pages1218-1218
Publication date2018-06-10
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph15061218
OpenAlexW2806133184
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited20

Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death. The purpose of this study was to explore the patient’s and physician’s factors that are correlated with smoking cessation success rate. A total of 877 smokers who visited the outpatient smoking cessation services at a medical center in Northern Taiwan were recruited for the study. Phone interviews were carried out six months after the initial visit to evaluate the success rate of smoking cessation. The result showed that the abstinence rate at six-month was 37.7%. By the multivariate logistic regression model, the predictive factors of abstinence were smokers who had a lower Fagerström test for cigarette dependence (FTCD), lower exhaled carbon monoxide (CO) concentration, or who smoked less than 20 cigarettes per day at the first visit. Smokers who had more than one smoking cessation outpatient visit or seen by physicians who, on average, delivered more than one smoking cessation consultations per week also led to a higher success rate. Therefore, we suggest that physicians should put more efforts and encourage follow-up visits for some smokers by knowing their characteristics at the first visit. Furthermore, physicians with more experience in smoking cessation consultation seemed to be more likely to help patients to quit smoking successfully

Environmental health · Smoking cessation · Demography · Health and Wellbeing Research · Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention · Medicine · Psychology · Smoking Behavior and Cessation