Key result
Among active smokers undergoing vascular surgery, 46.5% had high nicotine dependence and only 34.7% had high motivation to quit, with greater addiction linked to lower motivation.
Why the study?
Despite known risks of smoking for cardiovascular disease, many individuals continue to smoke, prompting the need to assess the relationship between nicotine addiction and motivation to quit before vascular surgery.
Cross-Sectional
Patients undergoing vascular surgery exhibit high levels of nicotine dependence and low motivation to quit, highlighting a need for targeted perioperative smoking cessation interventions.
May support preoperative cessation counseling in vascular surgery; leaves open impact on outcomes.
INTRODUCTION: Smoking is one of key risk factors of cardiovascular diseases, including abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), peripheral arterial disease (PAD), and carotid artery disease (CAD). Despite attempts being made to make the society aware of the consequences of passive and active smoking, as well as worldwide and nationwide epidemiologic research reflecting the scale of the problem, there are still a lot of smokers. AIM: The purpose of the study was to assess the relationship between the degree of addiction and the level of motivation for ceasing smoking in the case of patients before vascular surgery. Furthermore, to point out factors that have a significant impact on the level of nicotine dependence and motivation for ceasing smoking. METHODS: The survey included patients qualified for vascular surgeries. The patients were active smokers: 69.3% men and 30.7% women. The survey was conducted in the form of a questionnaire based on standard research tools: the Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND), the Test of Motivation for Ceasing Smoking by Nina Schneider, and the original questionnaire aimed at collecting social and demographic data. RESULTS: Most patients showed a high or moderate degree of nicotine dependence: 46.5% and 40.6%, respectively. An average nicotine dependence ratio based on the Fagerström test was 6.23 ± 2.39. An average motivation for the ceasing smoking ratio was 4.88 ± 2.76. Only 34.7% of the patients had a high motivation for ceasing smoking. Over half of the patients (61.4%) attempted to cease smoking in the past. CONCLUSIONS: Most patients undergoing vascular surgeries showed a high or moderate degree of nicotine dependence and low motivation to quit smoking. The greater the addiction to nicotine, the lower the motivation to quit smoking. Social and demographic factors do not affect the degree of nicotine addiction and the motivation to quit smoking. Years of smoking had an impact on the incidence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
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Piotrkowska et al. (2022) conducted a cross-sectional in Vascular surgery patients who are active smokers. Nicotine dependence was evaluated on Relationship between the degree of addiction and the level of motivation for ceasing smoking. Among active smokers undergoing vascular surgery, 46.5% had high nicotine dependence and only 34.7% had high motivation to quit, with greater addiction linked to lower motivation.
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