Marina Prista Guerra

Marina Serra de Lemos

Vânia Rocha

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Smoking abstinence after an acute coronary syndrome: a longitudinal study

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97Back to IndexOC83 - SMOKING ABSTINENCE AFTER AN ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY1; Marina Guerra1 1 2Objectives: To analyse the evolution of smoking abstinence-related motivation and psychosocial variables over time, to determine the predictors of smoking abstinence 12 months after an acute coronary syndrome, and to analyse the smoking variables scores over time among participants who remained smokers. Methods: This longitudinal study followed patients who smoked and suffered an acute coronary syndrome from hospitalization to 12 months after clinical discharge. Questionnaires were administered to assess nicotine dependence, behavioural dependence, autonomous self-regulation, perceived competence, social support, anxiety, depressive symptoms and meaning in life at baseline (Time 1), six months (Time 2) and twelve months (Time 3) after clinical discharge. Self-reported smoking status was also assessed.Results: Anxiety and depressive symptoms decreased over time, whereas meaning in life and perceived social support increased. Smoking abstinence at Time 3 was positively predicted by change in perceived competence and negatively by change in depressive symptoms. Nicotine dependence and the number of cigarettes smoked per day decreased over time, whereas behavioural dependence increased among smokers. Conclusions: Findings suggest that long term abstinence in these patients may be enhanced by psychological interventions addressing perceived competence, depressive symptoms and behavioural dependence. 

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Smoking abstinence after an acute coronary syndrome: a longitudinal study

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