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MACIEL, Rafael da Rosa; DALGALLO, Lidia; MULLER, Erildo Vicente  e  RINALDI, Elaine Cristina Antunes. Nicotine dependence degree of patients treated for smoking addiction at a public university. SMAD, Rev. Eletrônica Saúde Mental Álcool Drog. (Ed. port.) [online]. 2021, vol.17, n.1, pp.48-57. ISSN 1806-6976.  https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1806-6976.smad.2021.163327.

OBJECTIVE: to identify the nicotine dependence degree and sociodemographic data according to the gender of the patients assisted by the Educating and Treating Smoking extension project promoted by a public university. METHOD: a cross-sectional study, with data from 361 medical records of patients participating in the project from 2014 to 2018. The Fagerström test was performed, through which patients with a degree of dependence were classified as follows: very low, low, medium, high, and very high, according to the sum of the points obtained in the applied questions. RESULTS: predominance in the nicotine dependence degree was observed in women with higher percentages of classification for high and very high dependence, 33.5% and 25.3% respectively. Among men, a high degree of dependence was found to be 28.1% and low, 21.9%. It was found that the degree of chemical dependence on nicotine was associated with physical (p-value = 0.002) and psychological (p-value = 0.003) dependence. CONCLUSION: the evidence for a higher frequency of individuals with a high chemical dependence degree for nicotine demonstrates the importance of combining drug therapies with cognitive behavioral approaches through Nursing interventions, related to controlling and quitting the smoking addiction through health education.

Palavras-chave : Chemical Dependency; Smoking; Nicotine; Tobacco use Disorder.

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