Change in perceived stress, partner support, decisional balance, and self-efficacy following residential nicotine dependence treatment.
The primary aim was to examine the effect of an eight day residential treatment for nicotine dependence on perceived stress, partner support, decisional balance, and self-efficacy for stopping smoking. Whether these variables predicted six months post treatment abstinence following residential treatment was also examined. Participants included 170 adult cigarette smokers. Perceived stress, partner support, decisional balance, and self-efficacy for stopping smoking were assessed on the first and last day of treatment. In addition, six month continuous tobacco abstinence was evaluated. Residential treatment was found to produce significant (p < 0.001) treatment changes in all psychosocial factors except one aspect of decisional balance (i.e., cons of smoking). Psychosocial factors did not predict six month tobacco abstinence. Only age (p = 0.014) and history of mental illness (p = 0.012) were found to predict six month continuous abstinence following residential treatment. This study provides new information about how residential treatment impacts psychosocial factors considered to be important predictors of tobacco abstinence in outpatient settings.
Mayo Clinic, Division of Hematology and Oncology, 4500 San Pablo Road, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA. ames.steven@mayo.edu
Steven C
SC
Ames
Ivana T
IT
Croghan
Matthew M
MM
Clark
Christi A
CA
Patten
Susanna R
SR
Stevens
Darrell R
DR
Schroeder
Kay M
KM
Eberman
J Taylor
JT
Hays
Richard D
RD
Hurt
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group; D020377:Self Efficacy; D016540:Smoking Cessation; D012944:Social Support; D018454:Spouses / Q000523:psychology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications*; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D014030:Tobacco, Smokeless; D016896:Treatment Outcome