전국 보건소 금연클리닉 신규등록자의 성별 금연 성공요인

초록

Objective : The study aimed to identify success factors of smoking cessation among smokers enrolled in smoking cessation clinics at public health centers based on gender differences. Methods : A total of 677,254 smokers in smoking cessation clinics from 250 public health centers for more than 6 months from July 18, 2013 to July 27, 2015 were examined. After classifying enrolled smokers into men and women, univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to identify their smoking cessation rates and factors associated with successful smoking cessation. Results : The study variables of age, occupation, alcohol, past quit-trials, smoked cigarettes daily, nicotine dependence, confidence, motivation and readiness of smoking cessation, total number of visits for counseling, area, motive to register and use of supplemental agents were successful factors of smoking cessation to both genders. On the other hand, past disease, age of starting smoking, and duration of smoking were non-significant. In regard to education level, the level was a significant factor to men, while it wasn't to women. Conclusion : To efficiently manage smoking cessation clinics, different approaches should be required since enrollees had different success factors of smoking cessation based on gender. In particular, male smokers' smoking cessation rates were higher as getting older while females showed lower rates. Thus, it's necessary to promote younger female smokers to enroll the clinics, providing gender differentiated service types for smoking cessation. Also, total number of visits for counseling and use of supplemental agents could play an important role in smoking cessation rates. Therefore, effective management plan for motivating smokers to easily access the clinic services should be required.

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