PMID- 34305505 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20220429 IS - 1617-9625 (Electronic) IS - 2070-7266 (Print) IS - 1617-9625 (Linking) VI - 19 DP - 2021 TI - Factors associated with smoking in low-income persons with and without chronic illness. PG - 59 LID - 10.18332/tid/138241 [doi] LID - 59 AB - INTRODUCTION: Tobacco disparities persist among low-income smokers who seek care from safety-net clinics. Many of these patients suffer from chronic illnesses (CILs) that are associated with and exacerbated by smoking. The objective of the current study was to examine the differences between safety-net patients with and without CILs in terms of nicotine dependence and related factors (such as depression, anxiety) and self-efficacy regarding ability to abstain from smoking. METHODS: Sixty-four low-income smokers who thought about or intended to quit smoking were recruited from the San Francisco Health Network (SFHN) and assessed for CILs, nicotine dependence, depression, anxiety, and smoking abstinence self-efficacy. Four one-way analyses of variance were used to examine the difference between those with and without CIL on the latter four variables. RESULTS: The CIL group had significantly higher anxiety (CIL: 8.0 +/- 5.35; non-CIL: 4.44 +/- 3.48; p=0.02) and tended to have higher nicotine dependence (CIL: 5.40 +/- 2.58; non-CIL: 3.88 +/- 2.28; p=0.04). In the CIL group, nicotine dependence was positively correlated with anxiety [r(62)=0.39; p<0.01] and negatively correlated with smoking abstinence self-efficacy [r(62)= -0.38; p<0.01]. Both depression (Spearman's rho=0.39; p<0.01) and anxiety (Spearman's rho=0.29; p<0.05) were associated with total number of CIL categories. CONCLUSIONS: Safety-net patients who smoke and suffer from CILs may be suffering from higher levels of anxiety and have less confidence in their ability to quit smoking. Incorporating mood management and developing interventions that increase a sense of self-efficacy for refraining from smoking may be necessary to help low-income smokers quit smoking. CI - (c) 2021 Cano M.T. et al. FAU - Cano, Monique T AU - Cano MT AD - Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States. AD - Research Service, San Francisco VA Health Care System, San Francisco, United States. FAU - Pennington, David L AU - Pennington DL AD - Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States. AD - Research Service, San Francisco VA Health Care System, San Francisco, United States. FAU - Reyes, Sara AU - Reyes S AD - Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, United States. FAU - Pineda, Blanca S AU - Pineda BS AD - Institute for International Internet Interventions for Health, Palo Alto University, Palo Alto, United States. FAU - Llamas, Jazmin A AU - Llamas JA AD - Institute for International Internet Interventions for Health, Palo Alto University, Palo Alto, United States. FAU - Periyakoil, Vyjeyanthi S AU - Periyakoil VS AD - Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, United States. FAU - Munoz, Ricardo F AU - Munoz RF AD - Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States. AD - Institute for International Internet Interventions for Health, Palo Alto University, Palo Alto, United States. LA - eng GR - P30 AG066515/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AG062239/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DA039903/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - IK2 CX001510/CX/CSRD VA/United States GR - P30 AG059307/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article DEP - 20210715 PL - Greece TA - Tob Induc Dis JT - Tobacco induced diseases JID - 101201591 PMC - PMC8280622 OTO - NOTNLM OT - health consequences OT - health disparities OT - mental health OT - tobacco-related disease COIS- The authors have each completed and submitted an ICMJE form for disclosure of potential conflicts of interest. The authors declare that they have no competing interests, financial or otherwise, related to the current work. R.F. Munoz reports a grant since the initial planning of the work and in the past 36 months from Stanford University and from the UC Office of the President Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program (TRDRP). EDAT- 2021/07/27 06:00 MHDA- 2021/07/27 06:01 PMCR- 2021/07/15 CRDT- 2021/07/26 06:21 PHST- 2021/03/31 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/05/26 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/05/26 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/07/26 06:21 [entrez] PHST- 2021/07/27 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/07/27 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2021/07/15 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 59 [pii] AID - 10.18332/tid/138241 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Tob Induc Dis. 2021 Jul 15;19:59. doi: 10.18332/tid/138241. eCollection 2021.