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KMID : 1164520180360020013
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Journal of Military Nursing Research
2018 Volume.36 No. 2 p.13 ~ p.28
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Factors Affecting Smoking Cessation Empowerment among Soldiers of the Medical Battalion’s Stop Smoking clinic
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Kim Hyun-Suk
Park Yun-Jeong
Lee Min-Ji
Hwang Sin-Woo
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Abstract
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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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KEYWORD
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Smoking cessation, Empowerment, Military personnel, Self efficacy, Social capital
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