title: [Wish to change smoking behaviour among staff and patients of a psychiatric hospital].
abstract: Objective To examine smoking behaviour and motivation to reach abstinence among staff and patients of a psychiatric hospital.Methods In two due day surveys all in-patients and staff of the Centre for Psychiatry Weissenau were interviewed by a questionnaire.Results The response rate was 78.5 %. 442 (48 %) out of 933 subjects (523 patients, 410 staff) were smokers. Patients were smoking more frequently than staff (58 % vs. 34 %) and were more severely nicotine-dependent. Significant gender differences were observed with regard to prevalence and nicotin dependence. 57 % said they wanted to stop smoking and 34 % would appreciate therapeutic offers. There were no significant differences between patients and staff.Conclusions Psychiatric patients are as motivated as staff for offers about smoking cessation. There is a need for therapeutic offers.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Versorgungsforschung, Weißenau/Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie I, Universität Ulm, Zentrum für Psychiatrie Südwürttemberg, Weingartshofer Straße 2, Ravensburg. julia.grempler@zfp-weissenau.de
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Grempler
authors.forename: Hildegard
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Droste-Arndt
authors.forename: Erich
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Flammer
authors.forename: Tilman
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Steinert
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D015897:Comorbidity; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006306:Health Surveys; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000523:psychology*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D055815:Young Adult