Smoking cessation program for lung cancer patients

Abstract

Abstract This study aimed to evaluate the effect of smoking cessation program on lung cancer smokers' patients. The study was conducted at the outpatient clinic of oncology center, affliated to Ain Shams University Hospitals, which conducted on 60 patients. Tools of data collection were using: 1) Socio-demographic sheet to assess age, sex, residence, monthly income….etc, smoking history, quitting history& patients' knowledge. 2) Fagerstrom Test For Nicotine Dependence. 3) Computed assisted tomography scan (CT scan) of chest. 4) The piCO Smokerlyser, a portable carbon monoxide (CO) monitor. The result showed that there is a highly statistically significant difference between pre-and post-program of smoking intensity , total knowledge scores of the patients and CT scan findings to evaluate lesion response (p=≤0.001). In addition, there are highly statistically significant differences between pre-and post-program of the performance status of the patients and their perceived health (p=≤0.001). Moreover, there are highly statistically significant differences between pre-and post-program methods of quitting and supporting system for the patients (p=≤0.001).It is concluded that the implementation of the smoking cessation program had a positive effect on the lung cancer smokers' patients.