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Effects of Disease Detection on Changes in Smoking Behavior
Jeoung A Kwon1, Wooman Jeon2, Eun-Cheol Park3
1National Cancer Control Institute, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea.
Yonsei Medical Journal
|June 13, 2015
Summary
Health screenings can change men's smoking habits. Newly diagnosed hyperlipidemia in men encourages smoking cessation and discourages initiation, unlike in women.
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Health Behavior Research
- Chronic Disease Management
Background:
- Health screening programs aim to detect chronic diseases early.
- Understanding the impact of disease detection on health behaviors is crucial for public health interventions.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate how detecting chronic diseases through health screenings affects health behaviors, specifically smoking.
- To analyze sex-specific differences in the impact of screening on smoking behavior.
Main Methods:
- Analysis of national health insurance data from 153,518 individuals aged 40 in 2007, with follow-up in 2009.
- Utilized multiple logistic regression, controlling for health insurance type, socioeconomic status, BMI, diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and family history.
Main Results:
- Newly diagnosed hyperlipidemia in men was associated with increased smoking cessation and decreased smoking initiation.
- Men newly diagnosed with diabetes or with a BMI ≥ 25 showed more positive smoking behavior changes.
- Chronic disease detection did not significantly influence smoking behavior in women.
Conclusions:
- Health screening-detected chronic diseases impact smoking behavior primarily in men.
- Hyperlipidemia diagnosis is a significant predictor of positive smoking behavior changes in men.
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