title: Anxiety, depression and tobacco abstinence.
abstract: There is evidence of the relationship between mental illness and smoking and increased risk of depressive episodes after quitting smoking, even with specific treatments for abstinence.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To assess the influence of a cessation program on the emotional state of patients by measuring levels of anxiety / depression and differences depending on the presence of psychiatric history.
  
  
  METHODS
  A prospective observational study of patients taking part in a combined program (pharmacological and cognitive-behavioral) for giving up smoking. Anxiety (A) and depression (D) were measured using the HADS questionnaire at baseline, first and third month of abstinence.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Anxiety and depression showed significant and progressive improvement during treatment (A: baseline 9.2 ± 4.5, 5.9 ± 3.6 1 month, 3 months 4.5 ± 3.1, p.
authors.affiliation: UGC Neumología. Hospital Virgen Macarena. Sevilla. virginiacadiz@yahoo.es.
authors.forename: Virginia
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Almadana Pacheco
authors.forename: Ana Paulina
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Gómez-Bastero Fernández
authors.forename: Agustín
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Valido Morales
authors.forename: Estefanía
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Luque Crespo
authors.forename: Soledad
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Monserrat
authors.forename: Teodoro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Montemayor Rubio
mesh_terms: D001007:Anxiety / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000523:psychology*