Variations in Smoking during Hospitalization in Psychiatric In-Patient Units and Smoking Prevalence in Patients and Health-Care Staff
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19271735 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ineke Keizer (0000-0002-5759-4570, Department of Psychiatry, HUG – University Hospital of Geneva, Ch. du Petit Bel-Air 2, CH-1225 Chene-Bourg, Switzerland, corresponding author), Ariel Eytan (Department of Psychiatry, Adult Psychiatric Service, University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland.) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 317-328 |
| Publication date | 2005-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Social Psychiatry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7640 • E-ISSN: 1741-2854 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0020764005057377 |
| PMID | 16400907 |
| OpenAlex | W1994962026 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 22 |
Background: Smoking and exposure to smoke are important concerns, especially in psychiatric in-patient services. Aims: Our aims were to study variations in smoking after hospitalization for psychiatric in-patients, and to evaluate smoking-related concerns and prevalence for both patients and health-care staff. Methods: A similar survey was mailed to staff members and proposed individually to all recently admitted patients; participation rates were 39% and 79% respectively. Results: Three days after admission, 4/10 patients had increased and 3/10 had decreased their daily tobacco use. Univariate analysis of variance showed nicotine dependence scores to be associated with variations in consumption (p 1 /4 .005): whereas 74% of heavy smokers decreased cigarette consumption, 80% of light and 57% of moderate smokers increased their consumption. The prevalence of current smoking was twice as high in patients (72%) as compared to health-care professionals (31%). Patients were also more nicotine dependent (Heaviness of Smoking Index (HSI) 1 /4 3.97/vs. 1.81), and half of the patients were heavy smokers (> 20 cigarettes/day), as opposed to only 6.3% of the staff. Conclusions: Smoking prevalence and daily tobacco consumption are very high in psychiatric patients. After hospitalization, light and moderate smokers increased whereas heavy smokers decreased smoking
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| Citations per year | 0.24 |
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| Citation span | 2009 - 2025 (17) |
| Highly cited | No |