喫煙をやめたい喫煙者の禁煙戦略として,徐々に減量と突然の禁煙を比較する
Nicola Lindson-Hawley1, Paul Aveyard, John R Hughes
1Primary Care Clinical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England. n.l.lindson@bham.ac.uk
JAMA
|July 4, 2013
まとめ
段階的な禁煙は,禁煙を目指す喫煙者にとって,突然の禁煙と同じくらい効果的かもしれません. この発見は,両方の方法が,タバコの禁煙における比較可能な成功率につながる可能性があることを示唆しています.
科学分野:
- 公衆衛生は公衆衛生である.
- 依存症医学 薬物中毒医学
- 行動科学は,行動科学である.
背景:
- 喫煙は,世界中で予防可能な死亡の主な原因であり続けています.
- ニコチン依存症は,禁断の試みに対して重大な課題を提示します.
- 段階的および急激な方法を含む様々な禁煙戦略が存在します.
研究 の 目的:
- 段階的な禁煙が,突然の禁煙と比較して,成功率が低いと関連しているかどうかを判断する.
- 禁煙の動機づけを受けた個体において,異なる禁煙アプローチの有効性を比較する.
主な方法:
- 比較試験の設計が採用されました.
- 喫煙をやめようとした参加者を評価した.
- 禁煙の成功率は,漸進的および突然の禁煙グループの両方で測定されました.
主要な成果:
- 喫煙の漸進的な減少は,禁煙率の著しく低下を示さなかった.
- 漸進的停止と急激な停止の間の成功率の違いは,臨床的に有意ではありませんでした.
- 両方のアプローチは,成功して禁煙する可能性を示した.
結論:
- 段階的な禁煙は,突然の禁煙の有効な代替案であるようです.
- 喫煙者は,禁煙のための効果的な戦略として,徐々に減らすことを検討することができます.
- さらなる研究により,患者の好みや,さまざまな禁酒法への従順性を調べることができる.
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