Risk of smoking cessation treatment dropout: a cohort to help (re)think care

• Published in: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem Vol. 77Suppl 2; no. Suppl 2; p. e20230537
• Main Authors: Silva, Janaina Pereira da, Pádua, Adriana Ignácio de, Silva, Ruan Víctor Dos Santos, Santos, Felipe Lima Dos, Oliveira, Poliana Silva de, Araujo-Betetti, Priscila Norié, Thievenaz, Joris, Fortuna, Cinira Magali
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Brazil Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem 2024
• Subjects: Adult; Brazil; Cohort Studies; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Original; Patient Dropout; Patient Dropouts - psychology; Patient Dropouts - statistics & numerical data; Public Health; Public Health Nursing; Retrospective Studies; Smoking Cessation - methods; Smoking Cessation - psychology; Smoking Cessation - statistics & numerical data; Tobacco Control; Tobacco Use Disorder; Brazil
• ISSN: 0034-7167; 1984-0446
• DOI: 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0537

to evaluate the relative risk of smoking cessation treatment dropout during its intensive phase. a retrospective and quantitative cohort study was developed from the electronic medical records of individuals who started smoking cessation treatment between 2015 and 2019 at a specialty clinic in a city in the interior of São Paulo, Brazil. The relative risk of dropping out of treatment was calculated using the Poisson regression model. it was observed that out of the 396 (100.0%) individuals who started the treatment, 109 (27.5%) abandoned it before the end of the intensive phase. For each one-year increase in age, the risk of dropping out of smoking cessation treatment decreased by an average of 2%. the risk of dropping out of smoking cessation treatment is higher among younger individuals. It is necessary to rethink the care offered to younger adults to promote the continuity of treatment.