Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research 23(8): 1-12, 2017; Article no.JAMMR.35713 ISSN: 2456-8899 (Past name: British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research, Past ISSN: 2231-0614, NLM ID: 101570965)
Factors Associated with Successful Smoking Cessation in Tunisian Smokers: Findings from the Smoking Cessation Clinic in the University Hospital of Sahloul, Sousse, Tunisia Jihene Sahli1*, Salwa Khefacha Aissa1, Latifa Merzougui1, Mohamed Ben Rejeb1, Ons Ghali1, Hela Ghali1, Lamine Dhidah1 and Houyem Said Latiri1 1
Department of Prevention and Safety of Care, University Hospital Sahloul, Route Ceinture Sahloul, 4002 Sousse, Tunisia. Authors’ contributions
This work was carried out in collaboration between all authors. Authors SKA, HSL and LD designed the study, wrote the protocol and coordinated the study. Authors OG and HG performed data collection. Authors MBR and LM managed the analyses of the study. Author JS managed the literature searches and wrote the first draft of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Article Information DOI: 10.9734/JAMMR/2017/35713 Editor(s): (1) Andrea S. Melani, Antismoking Centre, Azienda Ospedaliera Senese, Italy. Reviewers: (1) Neema Tiwari, Eras Luck Now Medical College And Hospital, India. (2) Diana C. Tapia-Pancardo, National Autonomous University of México, México. Complete Peer review History: http://www.sciencedomain.org/review-history/20729
Original Research Article
Received 26th July 2017 st Accepted 21 August 2017 th Published 30 August 2017
ABSTRACT Aims: To identify the determinants of successful smoking cessation among the attendees of the smoking cessation clinic of the University Hospital of Sahloul. Place and Duration of the Study: The smoking cessation clinic of the University Hospital of Sahloul and the the Department of prevention and safety of care, University Hospital Sahloul, Sousse, Tunisia. Type of the Study: Retrospective study. Methodology: This study included all the attendees of the smoking cessation clinic of the University Hospital of Sahloul (n=423) from 2009 to 2014. The monitoring of the attendees was _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Corresponding author: E-mail:
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performed until October 2015 in order to verify their smoking cessation status at one year. Results: The participants were predominantly male (n=394, 93.4%). Their mean age was 41.5 ± 13.6 years. The mean number of daily smoked cigarettes is 27.18 ± 14.50 cigarettes. The mean score of the Fagerström test was 6.13 ± 2.39.The smoking cessation rates were 30.70%, 23.40%, 15.10%, 12.8% and 10.4% respectively at one week, one month, three months, six months and at twelve months. In the multivariate analysis, being married, being a smoker for less than 10 years, having an exhaled CO
