TY - JOUR
T1 - Smoking Behaviors and Medical Co-Morbidities in Patients With Mental Illnesses
AU - El-Mallakh, Peggy
AU - McPeak, Danielle
AU - Khara, Milan
AU - Okoli, Chizimuzo T.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016
PY - 2016/12/1
Y1 - 2016/12/1
N2 - Correlations among smoking behaviors and co-morbid medical illnesses were examined among 982 smokers with mental illnesses enrolled in a smoking cessation program within Mental Health and Addictions Services in Vancouver, Canada. Significant correlates among individuals with psychotic disorders included associations between a history of emphysema/chronic obstructive pulmonary (COPD) disease and cigarettes smoked per day (r's = .35, p ≤ .01), Confidence in quitting (r's = −.33, p ≤ .01), and nicotine dependence (r's = .32, p ≤ .01). Study findings may have implications for the development of integrated medical–psychiatric treatment delivery models that include comprehensive tobacco cessation programs tailored toward people with mental illnesses.
AB - Correlations among smoking behaviors and co-morbid medical illnesses were examined among 982 smokers with mental illnesses enrolled in a smoking cessation program within Mental Health and Addictions Services in Vancouver, Canada. Significant correlates among individuals with psychotic disorders included associations between a history of emphysema/chronic obstructive pulmonary (COPD) disease and cigarettes smoked per day (r's = .35, p ≤ .01), Confidence in quitting (r's = −.33, p ≤ .01), and nicotine dependence (r's = .32, p ≤ .01). Study findings may have implications for the development of integrated medical–psychiatric treatment delivery models that include comprehensive tobacco cessation programs tailored toward people with mental illnesses.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.apnu.2016.07.003
DO - 10.1016/j.apnu.2016.07.003
M3 - Article
C2 - 27888969
AN - SCOPUS:84995495293
SN - 0883-9417
VL - 30
SP - 740
EP - 746
JO - Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
JF - Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
IS - 6
ER -