title: Current smoking rate in patients with psychiatric disorders in Japan: questionnaire survey.
abstract: The association between smoking and psychiatric disorders (PD) has been known for many years. Support for smoking cessation among patients with PD is provided in advanced nations, but there is a little support for smoking cessation among patients with PD in Japan, where few studies have investigated the smoking rate. The aim of the present study is to determine the smoking rate and smoking habits of Japanese patients with PD. The subjects included outpatients who visited the outpatient psychiatric clinic at a University hospital between January and March of 2011. They answered a questionnaire consisting of questions about their sociodemographic background and smoking habits. In an analysis of 733 subjects, the overall smoking rate was 25.1%. The smoking rates among the patients with schizophrenia and depression were 17.3% and 23.9%, respectively, and these rates were lower than the results of previous studies. Among the current smokers, 43.4% had experienced smoking cessation, and only 26.1% were not interested in smoking cessation. Of the current smokers, 37.5% spent between US$128.88 and US$257 per month on cigarettes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan. Electronic address: wakako-u@med.uoeh-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Wakako
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Umene-Nakano
authors.forename: Reiji
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yoshimura
authors.forename: Tsutomu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hoshuyama
authors.forename: Chiharu
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yoshii
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: Hikaru
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hori
authors.forename: Atsuko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ikenouchi-Sugita
authors.forename: Asuka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Katsuki
authors.forename: Kiyokazu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Atake
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nakamura
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006184:Habits; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012737:Sex Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Psychiatric disorders; Schizophrenia; Smoking; Survey