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dc.contributor.author | Louwagie, Goedele M.C.![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Ayo-Yusuf, Olalekan Abdulwahab![]() |
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dc.date.accessioned | 2014-04-11T12:23:10Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-04-11T12:23:10Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013-10-31 | |
dc.description.abstract | BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) patients who smoke tobacco are at an increased risk for adverse TB treatment outcomes. This study describes tobacco use patterns among newly diagnosed TB patients, their readiness to quit, and their beliefs about tobacco-related health effects in a high HIV-burden setting in South Africa. Socio-economic and demographic factors associated with smoking were also determined. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional analysis of baseline data collected for a smoking cessation study at six large tuberculosis clinics in a South African township (N = 1926). We collected information on current and past tobacco use, socio-economic and demographic status, beliefs regarding the harmful effects of smoking and quit behaviour, and motivation, using structured interviewer-administered questionnaires. TB- and HIV-related information was obtained from patient records. Data analysis entailed descriptive statistics, followed by multivariate logistic regression with backward elimination, adjusted for clustering by facility. RESULTS: Just over one fifth of respondents (21.8%, 420/1924) reported currently smoking tobacco (males 37.6%, females 4.6%). By contrast, only 1.8% (35/1918) of all respondents reported being past smokers. Of the current smokers, about half (51.8%, 211/407) had previously attempted to quit, mainly for health reasons. The majority of respondents (89.3%, 1675/1875) believed tobacco smoking was harmful for their health and smokers were highly motivated to quit (median score 9, interquartile range 7–10). Smoking was less common among female respondents (Odds Ratio [OR] 0.10, 95% Confidence Interval [CI] 0.06-0.19) and respondents who had completed high school (OR 0.57, 95% CI 0.39-0.84), but was more common among respondents who do occasional work (OR 2.82, 95% CI 1.58-5.02), respondents who to bed hungry regularly (OR 4.19, 95% CI 2.42-7.25), those who have an alcohol problem (OR 5.79, 95% CI 3.24-10.34) and those who use illicit substances (OR 10.81, 95% CI 4.62-25.3). CONCLUSIONS: Despite documented evidence of its harmful effects, smoking is prevalent among male TB patients in this high HIV-prevalence population. Few patients have managed to quit smoking on their own. However, patients are highly motivated to stop smoking. We recommend implementing and evaluating a smoking cessation programme in tandem with TB services. | en_US |
dc.description.librarian | am2014 | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | The KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation (Grant 12.402.2/MvdW/U.10.0696/cal), the Global Bridges Health Care Alliance for Tobacco Dependence Treatment and the National Research Foundation of South Africa | en_US |
dc.description.uri | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/13/1031 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Louwagie and Ayo-Yusuf: Tobacco use patterns in tuberculosis patients with high rates of human immunodeficiency virus co-infection in South Africa. BMC Public Health 2013 13:1031. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1471-2458 | |
dc.identifier.other | 10.1186/1471-2458-13-1031 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/39654 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | BioMed Central | en_US |
dc.rights | © 2013 Louwagie and ; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.Ayo-Yusuf. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License | en_US |
dc.subject | Tobacco | en_US |
dc.subject | Tuberculosis (TB) | en_US |
dc.subject | Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) | en_US |
dc.title | Tobacco use patterns in tuberculosis patients with high rates of human immunodeficiency virus co-infection in South Africa | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |