OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of female sexual dysfunction symptoms and the associated risk factors in a sample of patients with substance-related disorders admitted to a specialized in-patient care unit. METHODS This study used a cross-section design, with eight months of data collection, conducted with substance-dependent women using structured questionnaires to collect socio-demogra...

The aim was to evaluate the lifestyle and adherence therapy in a group of people with HTA, Personalized Health Care Unit. It is quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional study. sample from 314 customers. An assessment protocol used, following scales: Treatment Compliance Measure, Eating Habits Scale, Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test, Fagerstrom Nicotine Dependence Test International P...

AIM Smoking is a major health hazard in young adults. Reducing smoking is the only well established effective primary prevention of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. We undertook a prospective cross sectional study to determine the prevalence of respiratory symptoms, smoking behaviour and willingness to participate in a smoking cessation program in Swiss conscripts. METHODS Conscripts co...

BACKGROUND Although several studies have been performed to evaluate the personality differences amongst smokers with different dependency levels, they do not use constant criteria for patients selection. The inconsistencies between some of these findings suggest the need for using solid criteria such as the modified Fagerstrom Tolerance Questionnaire (mFTQ) score to evaluate the relation betwee...

AIM Scientific data indicates that 80% alcohol dependent patients smoke cigarettes. The aim of the present study was to assess the effect of cigarette smoking on the severity of alcohol craving and therefore -on the efficacy of treatment and continuing sobriety in alcohol dependent individuals. METHOD We examined 82 adults (57 men and 25 women), meeting the ICD-10 alcohol dependence criteria,...

BACKGROUND Substance use disorders seem to be an under considered health problem amongst the elderly. The Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST), was developed by the World Health Organization to detect substance use disorders. The present study evaluates the psychometric properties of the French version of ASSIST in a sample of elderly people attending geriatric out...

OBJECTIVE To demonstrate the differences in the patterns of adult attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms among non, light, and heavy smokers. METHODS A cross-sectional study involving 400 medical students (representing first to sixth year students) was conducted in the Department of Pharmacology, University of Al-Mustansiriya, Baghdad, Iraq from March to June 2011. The medic...

BACKGROUND The aim of the study was to assess the correlation between salivary cotinine level and psychological dependence measured through Fagerstrom test for nicotine dependence (FTND) questionnaire among tobacco users. MATERIALS AND METHODS This was a cross-sectional study, conducted on tobacco users. Participants with the present habit of tobacco chewing and smoking above the age of 16 ye...

BACKGROUND The Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) was developed to detect substance use disorders. AIMS The objective of the present study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the French version of ASSIST in various clinical groups with different levels of substance use. METHODS 150 subjects were recruited from clients attending primary health care,...

Purpose: This study was conducted to examine the effect of acceptance and commitment-based counseling on smoking cessation quality life in Turkish society. 
 Materials Methods: The as a randomized controlled trial with experimental design 35 individuals including 17 intervention group 18 control group. data were collected using Personal Information Form, SF-36 Quality Questionnaire, Fagers...