Changes in Smoking Behavior After a Myocardial Infarction.
From: Institute of Clinical Psychology, University of Bergen, Norway.
Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association
- Publish Date: 1988
- ISSN: 0278-6133
- Volume: 7
- Issue: 5
- Pages: 403-20
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Havik O E, Maeland J G, et al. Changes in Smoking Behavior After a Myocardial Infarction.. 1988;7:403-20
Abstract
Among 383 participants in a longitudinal study of myocardial infarction (MI) patients, 230 smoked at the time of the MI. Posthospital smoking status was based on self-report for the day of follow-up, whereas information about length of continuous cessation was not available. Six months after the heart attack, 40.6% of the smokers had resumed smoking, whereas 49.4% smoked at a 3- to 5-year (M = 43-month) follow-up. Resumption of smoking within 6 months after the heart attack was associated with an increase in anxiety and depression during the first weeks after discharge, less cardiac health knowledge, and a less severe MI. In patients who relapsed at a later point, resumption of smoking was associated with a subsequent decline in general cardiac health knowledge, as well as in correct understanding of smoking at a risk factor. Long-term changes in smoking status were also related to previous heart disease, premorbid work instability, age, and severity of the MI. The results indicate that antismoking counseling of MI patients should not be limited to the health risks associated with smoking and that training in coping with negative affects without smoking may be valuable in promoting smoking cessation.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Adaptation, Psychological, Affective Symptoms, Female, Humans, Internal-External Control, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Middle Aged, Myocardial Infarction, Recurrence, Smoking
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