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  • Title: Cigarette smoking and interest in quitting among consumers at a Psychiatric Disability Rehabilitation and Support Service in Victoria.
    Author: Moeller-Saxone K.
    Journal: Aust N Z J Public Health; 2008 Oct; 32(5):479-81. PubMed ID: 18959554.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To gather information on smoking rates and interest in smoking cessation among consumers at a Psychiatric Disability Rehabilitation and Support Service (PDRSS). METHOD: A questionnaire was offered to all consumers at Neami Victoria by support staff in March 2007. Two hundred and eighty people (81%) completed the survey. Relationships between categorical variables were analysed using Fischer's exact test (p=0.05). RESULTS: Sixty-two per cent of consumers were smokers. Twelve per cent had previously quit smoking. PDRS consumers smoked 50% more than the general population and high rates (17%) of illegal tobacco smoking were identified. Fifty-nine per cent of smokers wanted to quit while 74% wanted to reduce. CONCLUSIONS: While smoking rates were almost four times higher than the general population, interest in quitting and cutting down was also high. IMPLICATIONS: Opportunities exist for public health advocates to collaborate with PDRSSs to increase knowledge related to smoking harms, and to reduce smoking in this group.
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