Prevalence of Smoking among Male Psychiatric Outpatients

Dawood Ahmed Al-Jiboori, Saadoun

	Prevalence of Smoking among Male Psychiatric Outpatients
Tikret Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Article 1, Volume 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 81-87
Author
Saadoun Dawood Ahmed Al-Jiboori
Abstract
The prevalence rate of smoking among psychiatric patients has been shown to be higherthan that among general population, especially those rvith schizophrenia and affective disorders. Thismay reflect self-medication of symptoms, medication side effects, and cognitive deficits associated withpsychiatric disorders. The aim of the study is to examine the prevalence of smoking among malepsychiatric outpatients. 384 male psychiatric patients rvere participating in for this study. Another 280patients, of the same age groups, attending general outpatient department of the same hospital formedical elements other than psychiatric acted as nornral control. Diagnosis rvas made according to theDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mcntal Disorders, Irourtlr Edition (DSM-lV), Both psychiatricpatients and control group were assessed by using a snristructured intervi*v questionnaire, rvhichincludes questions about each paticnt's sociodcmgraphic variablc, comprchensivc smoking history. Thesociodemgraphic of smokers nmong psyclriatric patients werc singlc72.3oh, come from rural areas74.gyo, illiterate or had low education S2.2o/o and uncnrploycd 83.2%. A prcvalcncc of smokers amongsubgroup of psychiatric paticnts wcrc, Schizophrenia 80.9%, Major Dcpression 60%, Mania 80To,Anxicty disordcr 62.7Yo, Sonratoforrn disordcr 5l.4Vo, Pcrsonality disordcr 65Yo and substance abuseclisordcr 71.4%. Distribution of srnokcrs flnlong ps1'chiatric prticnts and control group, 63.8 of thcpsyclriatric paticnts rvcrc srnokcrs against 32.1% of tlrc corrtroI gfoup rvcrc snrokcrs. The prcvalcncc ofsntokirrg in psychiatric rnalc pnticnts is high. lt is consistcrtt rvith othcr intcrnational studies.

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