1. Role of smokers in the household and of cardiac rehabilitation in smoking behaviour after acute myocardial infarction
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Marianna Psaroudaki, Francesco Pilerci, Teresa Paragliola, Francesco Giallauria, Rosa Lucci, Anna De Lorenzo, Domenico Del Forno, Athanasio Manakos, Carlo Vigorito, Mariantonietta D'Agostino, Giallauria, F., Paragliola, T., Pilerci, F., DEL FORNO, Domenico, De Lorenzo, A., Manakos, A., Lucci, R., Psaroudaki, M., D'Agostino, M., and Vigorito, Carlo
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Counseling ,Male ,Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Time Factors ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Myocardial Infarction ,lcsh:Medicine ,Smoking Prevention ,Group B ,Nuclear Family ,Behavior Therapy ,Risk Factors ,Internal medicine ,Humans ,Medicine ,In patient ,Myocardial infarction ,Medical prescription ,smoking behaviour ,Exercise ,Aged ,Secondary prevention ,Family Characteristics ,Chi-Square Distribution ,Rehabilitation ,business.industry ,Smoking ,lcsh:R ,Behavioural intervention ,Long term maintenance ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,cardiac rehabilitation ,Data Interpretation, Statistical ,Physical therapy ,Patient Compliance ,Smoking Cessation ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business ,secondary prevention ,Follow-Up Studies - Abstract
Objects: This study aims to evaluate the influence of household smokers and of a prolonged, comprehensive home-based Cardiac Rehabilitation Program (CRP) on patient’s long term smoking behaviour after AMI. Methods: 164 male post-AMI patients, all smokers until the day of AMI, were subdivided into three groups: Group A (n=54): patients with recent AMI, discharged from hospital without enrolment in CRP; Group B (n=55): similar to Group A but enrolled in an 8 weeks hospital-based CRP and then discharged home with routine care; Group C (n=55) enrolled in an 8 weeks hospital-based CRP followed by a further 10 months of formal home-based CRP, with scheduled hospital follow-up visits. Results: Smoking resumption at 12 months was influenced by the presence of household smokers (HS): 38% of patients with HS resumed smoking compared to 27% of patients without HS (p
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- 2005
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