Hsu, CL;
Hsueh, KC;
Chou, MY;
Yu, HC;
Mar, GY;
Chen, HJ;
West, R;
(2018)
Long-term smoking cessation rates in elderly versus other adult smokers: A 3-year follow-up study in Taiwan.
Addictive Behaviors Reports
, 8
pp. 62-65.
10.1016/j.abrep.2018.07.001.
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Abstract
Introduction: Smoking cessation improves life expectancy at any age. There is some evidence that elderly smokers have at least as good a chance of successfully stopping as other smokers but direct comparisons with long-term follow up are rare. This study aimed to compare success rates up to 3 years in smokers aged 65+ versus other adult smokers with and without adjustment for a range of other smoker characteristics. Methods: This was a prospective study of 1065 smokers who attended a stop-smoking clinic in Taiwan. Participants (896 < 65 years, 169 65+ years) were followed up by telephone 3, 6, 12 and 36 months after the initial quit date. Prolonged abstinence (abstinent at all follow-ups) and point prevalence abstinence (7 days prior to final follow up) were compared between ‘elderly’ participants aged 65+ years versus ‘non-elderly’ participants aged <65 years with and without adjustment for a range of baseline smoker characteristics (sex, educational level, previous quit attempts, cigarette dependence score). Non-responders were considered to be smoking. Results: Prolonged 36-month abstinence rates were 20.1% (N = 34) and 15.3% (N = 137) in the elderly and non-elderly participants respectively (p = 0.137). Point prevalence 36-month abstinence rates were 37.3% (N = 63) and 26.5% (N = 237) in the elderly and non-elderly participants respectively (p = 0.005). The odds ratios comparing elderly versus non-elderly abstinence rates after adjustment for baseline variables were 1.17 (95%CI = 0.75–1.83) and 1.52 (95%CI = 1.05–2.20) for prolonged abstinence and point prevalence abstinence respectively. Conclusions: Elderly smokers attending smoker clinics in Taiwan appear to be at least as likely to achieve long-term abstinence as other adult smokers.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Long-term smoking cessation rates in elderly versus other adult smokers: A 3-year follow-up study in Taiwan |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.abrep.2018.07.001 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.1016/j.abrep.2018.07.001 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2018 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/BY/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | Smoking cessation, Clinic, Transdermal nicotine patch, 3-Year follow-up, Elderly, Older adult |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Behavioural Science and Health |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10053733 |
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