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Predictors of tobacco smoking abstinence among tuberculosis patients in South Africa

Louwagie, Goedele M. C., Ayo-Yusuf, Olalekan A.·2015·Journal of Behavioral Medicine

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This study examines predictors of smoking cessation in tuberculosis patients with high HIV co-infection rates in a South African primary care setting. Current smokers were randomly allocated to brief motivational interviewing (n = 205) or receipt of a brief message (n = 204). Multi-level logistic regression was performed to identify predictors of sustained 3- and 6-month abstinence and 7-day point prevalence abstinence (PPA) at 1 month, with the facility as a random effect. The intervention was ineffective among smokers with high nicotine-dependence at 1 month, but was effective for all smokers over longer periods. Higher baseline self-efficacy predicted the 1-month 7-day PPA, but not sustained abstinence. HIV-positive participants' odds of sustained abstinence were about three times higher than those of their HIV-negative counterparts. Results support a more intensive motivational intervention and/or coping skills' training to increase self-efficacy and abstinence rates. Tobacco cessation services can be introduced in tuberculosis services where high HIV co-infection rates occur.

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  • Louwagie et al. found no brief intervention effect on tobacco use at 1 month for those with high nicotine dependence.

    “Louwagie et al. [61] found no BI effect on tobacco use at 1 month for those with high nicotine dependence (Table 1).”
  • Single-session brief interventions resulted in reduced alcohol use at 3 months.

    “Concerning alcohol use, single session BI resulted in reduced use at month 1 [50,54]; 6 weeks [72], 3 months [50,61–64], and 6 months [50,52,60,72].”

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    The Results report higher smoking abstinence at three months among participants who received motivational interviewing, not reduced alcohol use. The Predictor variables section describes alcohol problems as a baseline measure; a search for three-month alcohol-use outcomes found no passage addressing the claimed reduction. (LLM, conf=0.76)

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Authors
Louwagie, G. M. C., & Ayo-Yusuf, O. A.
Affiliations
  • University of Pretoria (ZA)
  • Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University (ZA)
Corresponding author
Louwagie, Goedele M. C.
Venue
Journal of Behavioral Medicine
Published
2015-02-06
Volume
38
Issue
3
Pages
472-482
ISSN
  • 0160-7715 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-3521
OpenAlex
W2020533659
Cited by
11
References
65
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 3 · 2015: 1
FWCI
0.98
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Behavioral Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • UpSpace Institutional Repository (University of Pretoria) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Mayo Clinic
  • Pfizer
  • National Research Foundation
  • Smoking Research Foundation
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Smoking Behavior and Cessation
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
Keywords
tobacco smoking cessation, tuberculosis, HIV coinfection, motivational interviewing, nicotine dependence, self-efficacy, point prevalence abstinence, sustained abstinence, smoking cessation services, primary care
MeSH terms
Adult, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Patient Education as Topic, Primary Health Care, Smoking, South Africa, Tobacco Use Disorder, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary, Smoking Cessation, Motivational Interviewing

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