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Treatment of tobacco dependence in Romanian women – a vulnerable population that needs a more personalized approach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2020

L. Trofor ,
R. Gherghesanu ,
R. Chirita  and
A. Trofor
L. Trofor*
Affiliation:
Clinic of Psychiatric Diseases, Psychiatry I, Iasi, Romania
R. Gherghesanu
Affiliation:
Clinic of Psychiatric Diseases, Psychiatry I, Iasi, Romania
R. Chirita
Affiliation:
Clinic of Psychiatric Diseases, Psychiatry I, Iasi, Romania
A. Trofor
Affiliation:
Clinic of Pulmonary Diseases, Pulmonology I, Iasi, Romania
*
* Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Background

Women face unique and greater health risks from smoking than men and have a different nicotine dependence pattern.

Aim

To design a personalized approach for women addressing Romanian tobacco dependence treatment centers to quit smoking.

Material and methods

A group of 68 smoking women received a 3 months tobacco dependence treatment intervention, consisting of 3 DVD educational sessions, 20 minutes each and a face to face cognitive – behavioral counseling intervention, emphasizing particularities of tobacco dependence in women (pregnancy risks, passive smoking, female hormones configuration, nicotinic receptors interactions, efficacy of nicotine dependence therapy according to gender, etc.).

Results

Females under study were heavy smokers (17.16 ± 8.03 SD packs cigarettes/years) with high nicotine dependence scores (6.52 ± 6.03 SD).

Abstinence rate evaluated in end of treatment (3EOT) phase by an office visit (self-declared abstinence and exhaled carbon monoxide validation) was 38% and increased at 44.1% at 6 months follow-up when evaluated by a telephone contact visit (6TCV).

Conclusions

Personalized tobacco dependence treatment approach, focusing on specific women tobacco use concerns increased abstinence rates, comparatively to previous data in women not benefiting educational DVD and face to face sessions [1].

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Type
EV113
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 33 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 24th European Congress of Psychiatry , March 2016 , pp. S320
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2016

References

Trofor, L., Barnea, E., Bucur, D., Miron, R., Bodescu, M., Chirila, C., et al.Smoking cessation rates in women versus men – outcomes of a reimbursed tobacco dependence treatment program. P 4462. ERJ 2014;44Suppl. 58Google Scholar
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