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Social Isolation Model: A Noninvasive Rodent Model of Stress and Anxiety
Published on: November 11, 2022
Anxiety, depression and tobacco abstinence
Virginia Almadana Pacheco1, Ana Paulina Gómez-Bastero Fernández, Agustín Valido Morales
1UGC Neumología. Hospital Virgen Macarena. Sevilla. virginiacadiz@yahoo.es.
Abstract:
There is evidence of the relationship between mental illness and smoking and increased risk of depressive episodes after quitting smoking, even with specific treatments for abstinence.
Objective:
To assess the influence of a cessation program on the emotional state of patients by measuring levels of anxiety / depression and differences depending on the presence of psychiatric history.
Method:
A prospective observational study of patients taking part in a combined program (pharmacological and cognitive-behavioral) for giving up smoking. Anxiety (A) and depression (D) were measured using the HADS questionnaire at baseline, first and third month of abstinence.
Results:
Anxiety and depression showed significant and progressive improvement during treatment (A: baseline 9.2 ± 4.5, 5.9 ± 3.6 1 month, 3 months 4.5 ± 3.1, p.
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