Tobacco Habits and the Ability to Quit Smoking Among Patients With Substance Use Disorders
Tobacco Habits and the Ability to Quit Smoking Among Patients With Substance Use Disorders
In the department for substance use disorders at Uppsala University Hospital there are two wards. One that is locked, where the patients that are emitted can not go out to smoke and another ward where there is a possibility to go out and smoke during the day.
The smoking habits on those two floors will be compared and how they feel about smoking will be evaluated when they are admitted to the ward, at discharge, after 1 mont and after 6 months.
In the department for substance use disorders at Uppsala University Hospital there are two wards. One that is locked, where the patients that are emitted can not go out to smoke and another ward where there is a possibility to go out and smoke during the day.
The smoking habits on those two wards will be compared and how they feel about smoking will be evaluated when they are admitted to the ward, at discharge, after 1 mont and after 6 months.
The questionnaires that will be used for evaluation are:
Fagerstöms test for nicotine dependence, Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test and Drug Use Disorders Identification Test and the symptoms of Tobacco withdrawal mentioned in DSM-V.
Parameters that will be measured are: pulse, bloodpressure, peak expiratory flow, wight and height.
There will also be some questions about their smoking and snuff habits, if they have tried to quite smoking Before and how they were affected by the stop.
Inclusion Criteria: Substance use disorder -
Exclusion Criteria: Disorganization, psychosis and if you can not speak Swedish.
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katarina.danielsson@akademiska.se0046186112173