Smoking cessation treatment attendance among smokers with substance use disorders
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https://doi.org/10.20882/adicciones.1718Keywords:
Barriers, non-attendance, smoking cessation, cognitive-behavioral treatment, substance use disorders.Abstract
A large proportion of smokers with substance use disorders (SUD) who are motivated to quit, do not initiate smoking cessation treatment, which means that they will not benefit from smoking intervention. The study aim was to identify baseline predictors of non-attendance to a smoking cessation treatment among smokers with SUD. A total of 86 smokers (69.8% males; Mage=43.84, SD=9.92) were allocated to one of two treatments for smoking cessation: cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) (n = 51) or CBT + contingency management (CM) (n = 35). Both treatment consisted of eight weeks of group-based therapy. The study found that out of 86 participants who met inclusion criteria, 65 initiated the smoking cessation treatment, and the remaining 21 did not. The binary logistic regression indicated that younger age [OR=.780; 95%CI (.623, .976)], fewer days on substance use treatment [OR=.995; 95%CI (.991, .999)], and being treated for cocaine use compared to opioid use [OR=21.423; 95%CI (1.194, 384.301)] were predictors of non-attendance. These results suggest that several individual factors affect the high rates of non-attendance to a smoking cessation treatment among individuals with SUD. Incorporating strategies to improve attendance and completion rates in SUD populations should be a priority.References
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