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P0277 - Tobacco smokers in a Spanish psychiatric hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

G. Gómez-Bernal ,
F. Moreno ,
M. Bernal ,
A. Reboreda ,
F. Romero  and
F. Gómez-Bernal
G. Gómez-Bernal
Affiliation:
Unidad de Media Estancia, Hospital Psiquiátrico Teruel, Teruel, Spain
F. Moreno
Affiliation:
Usm Puente, Chou, Orense, Spain
M. Bernal
Affiliation:
Facultad de Medicina, Zaragoza, Spain
A. Reboreda
Affiliation:
Unidad de Media Estancia, Hospital Psiquiátrico Teruel, Teruel, Spain
F. Romero
Affiliation:
Unidad de Media Estancia, Hospital Psiquiátrico Teruel, Teruel, Spain
F. Gómez-Bernal
Affiliation:
Facultad de Medicina, Zaragoza, Spain

Abstract

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Background:

Several studies suggest that severe mental illness is associated with tobacco smoking.

Method:

In this study, we measure the frequency of tobacco smokers in a sample of 149 severe mental illness inpatients. We compare the tobacco smoking rate with the general population one and with other studies rates.

Results:

65 (43%) of the 149 patients were female and 84 (57%) male. The main diagnoses of the studied population was schizophrenia (80%).The main finding was that according to other studies, the percentage of smokers in our hospital 65 (43%) was consistently high and greater than in general population. Only 9 (13%) of the smokers group were women.

Conclusion:

Tobacco smoking rate is higher in psychiatric inpatients than in general population.

Type
Poster Session II: Epidemiology
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 23 , Issue S2: 16th AEP Congress - Abstract book - 16th AEP Congress , April 2008 , pp. S274
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2008
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