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Characteristics, outcome and factors associated with success of quitting smoking in 77 people living with HIV/AIDS who received smoking cessation therapy in Japan
Author(s) -
Taniguchi Chie,
Hashiba Chieko,
Saka Hideo,
Tanaka Hideo
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
japan journal of nursing science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.363
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1742-7924
pISSN - 1742-7932
DOI - 10.1111/jjns.12264
Subject(s) - medicine , smoking cessation , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , quit smoking , depression (economics) , nicotine , nicotine replacement therapy , nicotine dependence , odds ratio , intervention (counseling) , cohort , demography , psychiatry , family medicine , pathology , sociology , economics , macroeconomics
Aim Smokers with HIV/AIDS have lower success of quitting smoking than smokers with other chronic diseases. However, there have been no studies investigating characteristics and outcomes of success of quitting smoking among people living with HIV compared to HIV‐negative people who received smoking cessation therapy. In addition, there have been no studies that investigated factors associated with success of quitting smoking among people living with HIV in Japan. The aim of this study was to elucidate characteristics, outcomes and factors associated with the success of quitting smoking in people living with HIV. Methods We previously conducted a prospective cohort study on patients who received Japanese smoking cessation therapy (SCT), which consists of smoking cessation intervention five times with nurses' counseling over a 12‐week period. Among them, we compared 77 HIV‐positive male individuals and 323 HIV‐negative male individuals with complications. Results Smokers with HIV had a larger number of cigarettes smoked per day, and higher scores of nicotine dependence and depression compared with the HIV‐negative group. The HIV‐positive group had a significantly lower success rate of quitting smoking than the HIV‐negative group (35.1 vs. 47.7%, p = .046). The subjects living with HIV who had higher self‐efficacy showed a significantly higher quit rate compared with those who had lower self‐efficacy (odds ratio 9.99, p < .01). Conclusion Smokers with HIV had characteristics that made it difficult for them to quit smoking. Increasing their self‐efficacy of quitting smoking through nurses' counseling will lead to success of quitting smoking in HIV‐positive smokers receiving the SCT.