2S.B. Yıldırım Beyazıd Eğitim Araştırma Hastanesi, Göğüs Hastalıkları ve Tüberküloz Kliniği ANKARA
3Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi, Göğüs Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı AFYON Introduction: We aimed to evaluate the demographic data of patients aged 65 years and olderadmitted to our smoking cessation outpatient clinic, and determine the effects of smoking cessation reasons on treatment outcomes and success rates.
Materials and Method: Demographic data, smoking cessation treatment outcomes and success rates of 64 (female/male: 16/48) patients aged 65 years and older followed in our smoking cessation outpatient clinic regularly for one year were evaluated retrospectively.
Results: The mean age of patients was 67.42±2.8 years, and the mean pack years was 51.03±26.86. Significant differences were found between female and male patients in terms of duration of smoking (p=0.008), age of smoking initiation (p=0.001), and Fagerstrom Nicotine Dependence Test results (p=0.01). Smoking cessation success rate was 50% at one year and no significant differences were found among treatment modalities in terms of smoking cessation rates (p=0.37). Furthermore, there were no significant differences between smokers and exsmokers in terms of gender, age of smoking cessation, duration of smoking, admission reasons, Fagerstrom Nicotine Dependence Test and hospital anxiety and depression scales (p>0.05).
Conclusion: Smoking cessation treatment is crucial for patients aged 65 years and older as it is for younger patients. In our study, elder patients showed enthusiasm for smoking cessation with high success rates.
Keywords : Aged; Smoking; Smoking Cessation; Treatment