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Factors Affecting Smoking Cessation Empowerment among Soldiers of the Medical Battalion’s Stop Smoking clinic

  • 군진간호연구
  • Abbr : Korean Journal of Military Nursing Research
  • 2018, 36(2), pp.13~28
  • DOI : 10.31148/kjmnr.2018.36.2.13
  • Publisher : Military Health Policy Research Center
  • Research Area : Medicine and Pharmacy > Nursing Science > General Nursing > Nursing Education
  • Received : June 22, 2018
  • Accepted : September 28, 2018
  • Published : September 30, 2018

Kim, Hyunsuk 1 Park Yunjeong 2 Lee, Minji 3 Sinwoo Hwang ORD ID 4

1국군포천병원
2국군구리병원
3국군부산병원
4연세대학교

Candidate

ABSTRACT

Purpose: This study was conducted to identify smoking-related characteristics and factors affecting smoking cessation empowerment among soldiers and to provide data for helping management of medical battalion’s smoking cessation clinics. Methods: The survey was conducted to 210 soldiers who voluntarily joined smoking cessation clinics in three Army divisions, all copies were analyzed. Data were analyzed using t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficients and multiple regression analysis with SPSS program. Results: There were significant differences in smoking cessation empowerment depending on alcohol drinking frequency, the amount of smoking. Significant correlation was found between empowerment and smoking urges, nicotine dependence, self-efficacy, coping. It was shown that coping and smoking urges were factors which affect smoking cessation empowerment in multiple regression analysis results. Conclusion: Implications of these results are as follows. First, the process of reducing nicotine dependence and smoking urges is needed. Second, various measures to reduce the level of stress coming from military environment is necessary for smoking cessation. Third, it is required to make the best use of available resources, considering limited circumstances of soldiers regarding social capital. Lastly, various interventions should be developed to increase the ability of coping with smoking temptation.

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