Smoking among adult congenital heart disease survivors in the United States: Prevalence and relationship with illness perceptions

The relationship between smoking and illness perceptions among congenital heart disease (CHD) survivors is unknown. The primary aims of the present study were to compare the smoking prevalence among CHD survivors to a nationally representative U.S. sample and examine the relationship between smoking...

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Published in:Journal of behavioral medicine 2021-12, Vol.44 (6), p.772-783
Main Authors: Fox, Kristen R., Hardy, Rose Y., Moons, Philip, Kovacs, Adrienne H., Luyckx, Koen, Apers, Silke, Cook, Stephen C., Veldtman, Gruschen, Fernandes, Susan M., White, Kamila, Kutty, Shelby, Jackson, Jamie L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Cardiac patients
Cardiovascular disease
Cardiovascular diseases
Congenital diseases
Congenital heart disease
Coronary artery disease
Emotional responses
Emotions
Family Medicine
Functional impairment
General Practice
Health aspects
Health attitudes
Health behavior
Health promotion
Health Psychology
Health Sciences
Heart Defects, Congenital - complications
Heart Defects, Congenital - epidemiology
Heart Defects, Congenital - psychology
Heart diseases
Humans
Hälsovetenskaper
Illnesses
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Perceptions
Prevalence
Psychology
Psykologi
Smoking
Smoking - epidemiology
Statistics
Surveys
Survivor
Survivors - psychology
United States - epidemiology
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Summary:The relationship between smoking and illness perceptions among congenital heart disease (CHD) survivors is unknown. The primary aims of the present study were to compare the smoking prevalence among CHD survivors to a nationally representative U.S. sample and examine the relationship between smoking and illness perceptions. CHD survivors (N = 744) from six U.S. sites participated in the study. The s moking prevalence among CHD survivors (9.3%) was lower than the general population (15.3%). However, 23.3% of CHD survivors with severe functional limitations smoked. Smoking prevalence differed by U.S. region, with a greater proportion of those attending CHD care in the Midwest reporting smoking (11.8%). The illness perception dimensions of Concern and Emotional Response were independently associated with smoking. Differences in illness perceptions enhance our understanding of smoking among CHD survivors and may guide interventions promoting positive health behaviors. The protocol for the study from which the present analyses were conducted was recorded at ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02150603.
ISSN:0160-7715
1573-3521
1573-3521
DOI:10.1007/s10865-021-00239-5