Perfil de fumantes atendidos em serviço público para tratamento do tabagismo

Abstract

Smokers seeking assistance for smoking cessation were socially disadvantaged, presented a high degree of nicotine dependence and had previously made smoking-cessation attempts without the benefit of a structured program. Therefore, in order to be effective, smoking control interventions should take into consideration the general characteristics of the smokers treated via the public health care system.

Prevalência do tabagismo e terapêutica da dependência de nicotina: uma revisão integrativa Smoking prevalence and of nicotine dependence’s therapeutics: an integrative review

“…23 Regarding the "Professional Training" category, it is believed that the training of health professionals focused on minimizing the harms of tobacco use should be part of the construction of knowledge for their work. 14,18 One literature review corroborates these data on the effectiveness of pharmacological and psychosocial interventions for smoking cessation treatment, which emphasizes the involvement of an interdisciplinary team as essential to the success rate of smoking cessation. A review that examined the use of motivational interviewing, a therapeutic method that uses a different way to help people recognizing that they can do something about their present or potential problems, concluded that this approach does not bring significant results for smokers with high dependency.…”

“…24 Out of the nine evaluated observational studies, six showed a prevalence of 62.8% of women. [15][16][17][18][19][20] The predominance of women seeking smoking cessation programs may be related to the difficulty to stop the habit without help and availability of time for attending the programs. 15,17 Historically, women seek health services more than men, either for care to family members or their own.…”

“…24 Evidence in publications indicated that the time of tobacco use and the number of cigarettes smoked per day explain the high degree of dependence found in the Fagerstrom test applied in the studied population. [15][16][17][18][19][20] A retrospective study in smokers, conducted between 2003 and 2007, observed that the group of participant women had low income and low education; those variables were the most commonly found in the evaluated studies. 18 A descriptive study carried out in 2009 in the Tobacco Research and Treatment Program showed different results as most participant women attended high school.…”

“…[15][16][17][18][19][20] A retrospective study in smokers, conducted between 2003 and 2007, observed that the group of participant women had low income and low education; those variables were the most commonly found in the evaluated studies. 18 A descriptive study carried out in 2009 in the Tobacco Research and Treatment Program showed different results as most participant women attended high school. Similarly, a prospective study where the analyzed sample was composed predominantly by women, showed that they had high levels of education and income.…”

Aspectos gerais do tabagismo entre idosos no Brasil: revisão de literatura

“…Atenta-se para outro dado importante, o da relação inversa da prevalência tabágica com a renda familiar b em como para a escolaridade do idoso 28,29,30) . Os achados citados permitem inferir que apesar de ser uma adição democrática, que incide e prevalece em uma gama de contextos, independente da variável sociodemográfica que se avalia, o tabagismo prevalece mais intensamente nas camadas populares ou com baixa renda, numa dinâmica que contempla o comprometimento negativo de outros indicadores do estado geral de saúde, bem como de qualidade de vida.…”