TY - JOUR
T1 - Tobacco use outcomes of adolescents treated clinically for nicotine dependence
AU - Patten, C. A.
AU - Ames, S. C.
AU - Ebbert, J. O.
AU - Wolter, T. D.
AU - Hurt, R. D.
AU - Gauvin, T. R.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - Objective: To evaluate the tobacco use outcomes and baseline characteristics of adolescents treated for nicotine dependence. Design: Retrospective cohort study. Selling: Mayo Clinic Nicotine Dependence Center, Rochester, Minn. Patients: Ninety-six adolescents (60 boys, 36 girls) receiving clinical services for treatment of nicotine dependence between January 1, 1988, and November 30, 1997. Their mean age was 15.6 years (range, 11-17 years), and 91.7% were white. Intervention: The Nicotine Dependence Center intervention involves a 45-minute consultation with a nicotine dependence counselor. A treatment plan individualized to the patient's needs is then developed. Telephone follow-up is conducted at 6 and 12 months. As part of this study, a long-term follow-up was conducted by telephone at a mean of 5.3 years (range, 1.6-10.6 years) following the intervention. Main Outcome Measures: Self-reported 7-day point-prevalence abstinence from tobacco at 6 and 12 months, and 30-day point-prevalence tobacco abstinence at the long-term follow-up. Results: The tobacco abstinence rates were 17.7% (17/96 patients) at 6 months, 7.3% (7/96 patients) at 12 months, and 11.5% (11/96 patients) at the long-term follow-up. A high proportion of the sample had smoking-related medical morbidity and psychiatric diagnoses documented in the medical record prior to or at the time of the intervention. Conclusions: Adolescents utilize the medical community to seek treatment for nicotine dependence. The 6-month tobacco abstinence rate is higher than the estimates of the natural history of smoking cessation in adolescents. Medical and psychiatric diagnoses are common in this population.
AB - Objective: To evaluate the tobacco use outcomes and baseline characteristics of adolescents treated for nicotine dependence. Design: Retrospective cohort study. Selling: Mayo Clinic Nicotine Dependence Center, Rochester, Minn. Patients: Ninety-six adolescents (60 boys, 36 girls) receiving clinical services for treatment of nicotine dependence between January 1, 1988, and November 30, 1997. Their mean age was 15.6 years (range, 11-17 years), and 91.7% were white. Intervention: The Nicotine Dependence Center intervention involves a 45-minute consultation with a nicotine dependence counselor. A treatment plan individualized to the patient's needs is then developed. Telephone follow-up is conducted at 6 and 12 months. As part of this study, a long-term follow-up was conducted by telephone at a mean of 5.3 years (range, 1.6-10.6 years) following the intervention. Main Outcome Measures: Self-reported 7-day point-prevalence abstinence from tobacco at 6 and 12 months, and 30-day point-prevalence tobacco abstinence at the long-term follow-up. Results: The tobacco abstinence rates were 17.7% (17/96 patients) at 6 months, 7.3% (7/96 patients) at 12 months, and 11.5% (11/96 patients) at the long-term follow-up. A high proportion of the sample had smoking-related medical morbidity and psychiatric diagnoses documented in the medical record prior to or at the time of the intervention. Conclusions: Adolescents utilize the medical community to seek treatment for nicotine dependence. The 6-month tobacco abstinence rate is higher than the estimates of the natural history of smoking cessation in adolescents. Medical and psychiatric diagnoses are common in this population.
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U2 - 10.1001/archpedi.155.7.831
DO - 10.1001/archpedi.155.7.831
M3 - Article
C2 - 11434853
AN - SCOPUS:0034968151
SN - 1072-4710
VL - 155
SP - 831
EP - 837
JO - Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
JF - Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
IS - 7
ER -