Outcome from a community-based smoking cessation program for persons with serious mental illness.
Six and 12-month outcomes are reported on 79 mentally ill persons attending either a 4- or 8-session community-based smoking cessation group. Quit rates at post, 3-, 6-, and 12-month follow-ups were 16, 19, 16, and 19%, respectively, with no significant effect of program length. These success rates are comparable to outcomes reported following group-based treatment with mentally healthy smokers. The majority of quitters used nicotine replacement therapy. Psychotropic medication dosages did not vary over time in quitters or non-quitters. No reductions in smoking were observed among non-quitters. Quitting smoking had no untoward effects on symptoms of mental illness or general functioning.
Currie
Shawn R
SR
Department of Psychiatry, Mental Health Information and Evaluation Unit, Calgary Health Region, Mental Health and Psychiatric Services, 206, 301-14th Street NW, Calgary, AB, Canada, T2N 2A1. scurrie@ucalgary.ca
Karltyn
Jordyn
J
Lussier
Debra
D
de Denus
Erin
E
Brown
Diane
D
El-Guebaly
Nady
N
D000328:Adult; D019058:Community Networks; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012907:Smoking / Q000628:therapy*; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016896:Treatment Outcome