[Anxiety and depression in Mexican smokers, and their relationship with the severity of addiction].
OBJECTIVE
To determine the relationship between the degree of addiction (DA) and pattern of tobacco consumption (PTC) with anxiety and depression in smokers who want to quit smoking.


METHODS
At admission to a smoking cessation program 495 smokers were surveyed to determine anxiety (IDARE Test), depression (Beck Inventory Test), DA (Fagerström Test) and PTC (pack-years).


RESULTS
DA ≥ 6 points was associated with high anxiety levels RM=1.94, (IC95%1.02-3.72), p<0.04]; and with symptoms of severe depression; [RM=2.24, (IC95%1.00-4.99), p<0.04)]. The PCT equal or greater than 21 pack-year, was associated with moderate anxiety; [RM=3.19 (IC95%1.94-5.25), p<.00]; high anxiety; [RM=3.36 (IC95% 1.66-6-80), p<.00]; with moderate depressive symptoms; [RM=3.14, (IC95% 1.75-5-62), p<.00] and severe depressive symptoms; [RM=9.85, (IC95% 3.30-29.37), p<.00)].


CONCLUSIONS
A significant association exists in smokers having high GA and PCT, with moderate and high anxiety and depressive symptoms that should be considered during interventions to quit.
Departamento de Investigación en Tabaquismo y EPOC, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias, México.
Eryka del Carmen
Edel C
Urdapilleta-Herrera
Raúl H
RH
Sansores
Alejandra
A
Ramírez-Venegas
Mónica
M
Méndez-Guerra
Adriana Gabriela
AG
Lara-Rivas
Susana Abigail
SA
Guzmán-Barragán
Fructuoso
F
Ayala-Guerrero
Reyes
R
Haro-Valencia
Selene
S
Cansino
Ana
A
Moreno-Coutiño
D001007:Anxiety / Q000209:etiology*; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D008875:Middle Aged; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000628:therapy*; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000523:psychology*