Journal article
Participation in a Smoking Cessation Program: A Population-Based Perspective
American journal of preventive medicine, Vol.6(5), pp.258-266
09/1990
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-3797(18)30993-0
PMID: 2268454
Abstract
We examined factors associated with participation in an HMO-based, self-help smoking cessation trial by comparing participants with nonparticipating smokers who responded to a prior health survey. Recruitment to the trial was accomplished through the HMO’s monthly magazine sent to all enrollee households, and the health survey involved a random sample of the enrollee population. Participants were more likely to be female, older, better educated, and heavier smokers with more attempts to quit in the past. Participants consistently reported poorer levels of health status (self-perceived health and energy, life satisfaction, depression, and symptoms), less healthy lifestyles (exercise and dietary fat), and a greater conviction that smoking cessation would improve how they feel than nonparticipants. These findings confirm previous suggestions that formal cessation programs attract those with a more extensive history of addiction, prior failure, and pathophysiologic effects and may provide clues to increasing motivation among smokers with a greater likelihood of treatment success.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Participation in a Smoking Cessation Program: A Population-Based Perspective
- Creators
- Edward H. Wagner - Group Health CooperativeVictor J. Schoenbach - University of North Carolina at Chapel HillC. Tracy Orleans - Fox Chase Cancer CenterLouis C. Grothaus - Group Health CooperativeKathleen W. Saunders - Group Health CooperativeSusan Curry - Group Health CooperativeDavid C. Pearson - Group Health Cooperative
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- American journal of preventive medicine, Vol.6(5), pp.258-266
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- DOI
- 10.1016/S0749-3797(18)30993-0
- PMID
- 2268454
- ISSN
- 0749-3797
- eISSN
- 1873-2607
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/1990
- Academic Unit
- Health Management and Policy; Community and Behavioral Health
- Record Identifier
- 9984366379302771
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