Introduction: At the beginning of rehabilitation or in the previous period in the intensive care, many patients with cardiovascular disease try to quit their smoking habits. However, healthcare professionals do not usually take into account the symptoms of craving, typical of the early days of abstinence. This paper aims to develop the Italian version of the Tobacco Craving Questionnaire and verify its usefulness in rehabilitation context with cardiovascular patients. Methods: Eighty-one smoking patients (age: 64 ± 9,7; males: 82,7%), admitted to the Cardiovascular Institute of Camogli for cardiovascular problems or peripheral vascular disease, fill the Tobacco Craving Questionnaire – short version, the Fagerstrom Test, the Q-MAT to assess motivation to quit smoking, and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Questionnaire, within the first three days of hospitalization. Results: The exploratory factor analysis of Tobacco Craving Questionnaire-Short Version evidences a single factor that explains 55% of variance (a = 0.92). The Craving score correlates positively and significantly with the degree of dependence measured with the Fagerstrom test (r2 = 0,300, p = 0,013), and negatively, but weakly, with the intention to stop smoking (r2 = –0.231, p = 0.052). Conclusions: These data show that the Tobacco Craving Questionnaire – Short Version is a useful tool for assessing the state of Craving in patients in cardiac rehabilitation. Therefore, it can be inserted into a multidimensional assessment of smoking in order to help patients quit smoking.
Baiardo, G., Savioli, G., Aglieri Rinella, C., Miglioretti, M. (2017). Utilizzo in riabilitazione cardiovascolare del Tobacco Craving Questionnaire. TABACCOLOGIA(1), 24-30.
Utilizzo in riabilitazione cardiovascolare del Tobacco Craving Questionnaire
MIGLIORETTI, MASSIMOUltimo
2017
Abstract
Introduction: At the beginning of rehabilitation or in the previous period in the intensive care, many patients with cardiovascular disease try to quit their smoking habits. However, healthcare professionals do not usually take into account the symptoms of craving, typical of the early days of abstinence. This paper aims to develop the Italian version of the Tobacco Craving Questionnaire and verify its usefulness in rehabilitation context with cardiovascular patients. Methods: Eighty-one smoking patients (age: 64 ± 9,7; males: 82,7%), admitted to the Cardiovascular Institute of Camogli for cardiovascular problems or peripheral vascular disease, fill the Tobacco Craving Questionnaire – short version, the Fagerstrom Test, the Q-MAT to assess motivation to quit smoking, and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Questionnaire, within the first three days of hospitalization. Results: The exploratory factor analysis of Tobacco Craving Questionnaire-Short Version evidences a single factor that explains 55% of variance (a = 0.92). The Craving score correlates positively and significantly with the degree of dependence measured with the Fagerstrom test (r2 = 0,300, p = 0,013), and negatively, but weakly, with the intention to stop smoking (r2 = –0.231, p = 0.052). Conclusions: These data show that the Tobacco Craving Questionnaire – Short Version is a useful tool for assessing the state of Craving in patients in cardiac rehabilitation. Therefore, it can be inserted into a multidimensional assessment of smoking in order to help patients quit smoking.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.