Sigara Bırakma Polikliniğine Başvuran Kişilerin Sağlık Anksiyetesi Ölçeği ile Değerlendirilmesi
Journal Title: Eurasian Journal of Family Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 2
Abstract
Aim: People who apply to smoking cessation units are worrying about developing a disease caused by smoking. The aim of this study is to evaluate health anxiety in smokers and the relation with some variables. Methods: Health Anxiety Inventory Short Form along with a questionnaire including Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence and was self-administered to the patients who applied to smoking cessation unit during the period of February and March 2017. Data was analyzed with IBM SPSS Statistics 22. Results: This study was performed with 173 patients; 100 (57.8%) men and 73 (42.2%) women. The age range was between 19 and 66. Mean total Health Anxiety Inventory score was 17.34±8.55. The mean Health Anxiety Inventory subscale score was13.76±6.92. Subscale scores of 23.6% of participants (n=41) were over 20 which shows significant health anxiety. There was not significant correlation between Fagerström and Health Anxiety Inventory scores (p=0.422). Mean scores in women, in participants who were married and had children was higher but was not significant. Participants quitting smoking because of fear of disease had significantly higher Health Anxiety Inventory scores (p=0.023). Conclusion: Higher nicotine dependence scores did not have any significant associations with health anxiety. Patients quitting smoking with thought of developing a disease had higher health anxiety scores.
Authors and Affiliations
Ayşe Didem Esen, Didem Kafadar, Seçil Arıca
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP431604
- DOI -
- Views 178
- Downloads 0
Health Literacy Levels and Affecting Factors of Patients Who Applied to A University Hospital Polyclinic
Aim: It is known that increasing health literacy can increase people's quality of life, enable them to benefit from health services more effectively and contribute to reducing health care costs. Inadequate health literac...
Complementary and Alternative Therapy Usage Status and Attitudes of Hypertension Patients
Aim: With the increase in chronic diseases, the number of patients using complementary and alternative medicine is increasing. In this study, it was aimed to examine the opinions and practices of complementary and altern...
Ortaokul ve Lise Öğrencileri Arasında İnternet Bağımlılığı ve Kuru Göz Hastalığının Değerlendirilmesi
Objective: The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of internet addiction and to evaluate the associated factors and dry eye disease among secondary and high school students. Material and methods: A total of...
Six Months Results of Obesity Management in Primary Care
Aim: The purpose of this study was to give obese patients diet and exercise program and behavior modification who had admitted to the outpatient clinic in primary care, to lose 5-10% of their weight within 6 months. Met...
Knowledge On Sexuality And Prevalence Of Female Sexual Dysfunction: A Population Study
Aim: Female sexual dysfunction is an age-related, progressive and multidimensional health problem, which affects 30-50% of the women and has a negative effect on health-related quality of life. In this study, we aimed to...