Status of social capital and its relationship with the success rate of smoking cessation in patients referred to the smoking cessation clinic of Farshchian Cardiovascular Hospital in Hamadan

ABSTRACT

Background and Objective

Several studies showed the effect of social capital on smoking cessation. The present study examined this issue.

Materials and Methods

One hundred eleven smokers admitted to the smoking cessation clinic were consecutively included in a cross-sectional study in 2019. The data were collected using a checklist of demographic characteristics, nicotine dependency (Fagerström questionnaire) and social capital scale (Bullen). The success rate for smoking cessation was determined for smokers at 1-, 3- and 6-month intervals. Data were analyzed by SPSS 22 software.

Result

Of the 111 participants, 107 were males. The mean age of participants was 47.42 ± 12.66 years. The minimum score of social capital was 63 and the maximum was 172. Of all the patients admitted to the clinic, only 43 (38.7%) completed the cessation sessions (at least 4 sessions), with the mean score of social capital having no significant differences between the two groups (107.97 ± 17.93, 107.58 ± 19.95, respectively, p: NS)

Conclusion

Given the lack of a significant relationship between social capital and successful smoking cessation in the study, studying other factors like socioeconomic conditions and social norms that affect social capital and smoking cessation seems to be advisable to consider in future studies.

KEYWORDS:

• Smoking cessation
• social capital
• hospitals
• Hamadan

Acknowledgments

We express our appreciation to all patients who sincerely and patiently cooperated with us throughout this study.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

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Funding

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