Perfil de tabagistas no Centro Hiperdia Minas – Juiz de Fora

Abstract

Introduction: Smoking is a risk factor for complications and cause of preventable mortality in users with high blood pressure (hypertension), diabetes mellitus (DM) and chronic kidney disease (CKD). Objective: Set the smoking profile of users with HA, DM and CKD HIPERDIA Center of Juiz de For a (CHDM-JF). Methods: Cross-sectional study with adult users of both sexes and of manufactured cigarette. Sociodemographic data, screening for depression, alcoholism, nicotine dependence (Fagerstrom Test) and scales (1-10) of motivation and confiance to quit smoking were obtained. We used the stock Redcap data double entered and descriptive and multivariate analyzes of the prevalence of comorbidities. The project was approved by the Ethics and Research of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora, by opinion No. 283/2011 on 25/04/2012 and is being funded by the National Institutes of Health Fogarty. Results: Smoking was identified in 160 (10.3%) of 1558 users reviews. Among smokers, 53.8 % were women, 69.4 % had incomplete primary education, 45 % were depressed and 13.12% drank alcohol. The average age of onset of smoking was 16.66 ± 7.95 years and the average daily smoking was 14.1 ± 9.02. The Fagerstrom Test was 4.3 ± 2.1 points. Motivation and confidence to quit smoking were 8.77 ± 2.69 and 7.38 ± 3.17, respectively. The attempt to quit smoking was observed in 53.1 % and 86.9 % received professional counseling in the last 12 months. Conclusion: Relation in the severity of hypertension, diabetes and CKD in patients seen in CHDM-JF, smoking was common and identified in individuals with high motivation and confidence in quitting smoking, moderate nicotine dependence and shorter abstinence cessation attempts.