title: Impediment profiling for smoking cessation. Preliminary experience.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Cigarette smoking is a leading cause of preventable death.
  
  
  METHODS
  Long and short "impediment profilers" (LIPs and SIPs, respectively) addressing nicotine addiction, depression, anxiety, stress, chemical dependency, weight control, and household smoking were developed and applied in a pilot smoking cessation study to tailor treatment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Quit rate 72 hours after the target quit date was 50%; at 8 and 12 weeks it was 61% and 39%, respectively. The LIP identified fewer impediments than the SIP.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Impediment profiling for tailored smoking cessation intervention is associated with high initial quit rates and warrants further study.
authors.affiliation: Yale Prevention Research Center, Yale University, USA.
authors.forename: David L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Katz
authors.forename: Josette
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Boukhalil
authors.forename: Sean C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Lucan
authors.forename: Dipti
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: Ming-Chin
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Yeh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000523:psychology*; D010352:Patient Dropouts / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011594:Psychometrics; D012307:Risk Factors; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology