Factors influencing smoking cessation in Lebanese patients with bladder cancer: A cross sectional study
Introduction: Bladder cancer (BCa) is a very common urological cancer. Literature showed smoking as a main risk factor for BCa however patients may not be well-informed about the relation between smoking and BCa. Urologists play a crucial role in educating patients about smoking risks and encouragin...
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| author | Georges Horkoss Joey El Khoury Rami Halabi Anthony Kanbar Serge Assaf Anthony Mina Sabine El Breidi Charbel Dabal Charbel El Hachem Maher Abdessater Rodrigue Saad Antoine Kassis Raghid El Khoury |
| author_facet | Georges Horkoss Joey El Khoury Rami Halabi Anthony Kanbar Serge Assaf Anthony Mina Sabine El Breidi Charbel Dabal Charbel El Hachem Maher Abdessater Rodrigue Saad Antoine Kassis Raghid El Khoury |
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| description | Introduction: Bladder cancer (BCa) is a very common urological cancer. Literature showed smoking as a main risk factor for BCa however patients may not be well-informed about the relation between smoking and BCa. Urologists play a crucial role in educating patients about smoking risks and encouraging cessation. The objective is to discover sociodemographic factors that influence the success rate of smoking cessation and other behavioral changes in a sample of smoking Lebanese patients diagnosed with BCa. Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted using a phone survey composed of 53 questions assessing the patients’ knowledge that they had or received from their treating physician about smoking as risk factor for BCa. A sample of patients diagnosed with BCa between 2015 and 2020 were contacted and data was collected between the months of September 2022 and May 2023. Inclusion criteria consisted of adult patients with a diagnosis of BCa and a history of smoking while exclusion criteria consisted of unreachable patients. 260 patients were chosen, 182 patients responded making the response rate 70 % Results: Our sample size consisted of 182 patients was composed of 143 males (78.6 %) and 39 females (21.4 %), 97 (53.3 %) are currently smokers of which 50 (51.5 %) tried but failed, 41 (42.3 %) found no benefit in stopping and 6 (6.2 %) were not counseled. 145 patients (79.7 %) knew about smoking as a risk factor for BCa, with only 6 (3.3 %) knowing before their diagnosis. The multivariate analysis has shown that women (p = 0.010), patients with higher educational level (p = 0.004) tend to stop smoking after diagnosis with BCa more than men and people with lower educational level. Also there was a positive correlation between urologist counseling and smoking cessation (p = 0.03). Conclusion: These findings showed that people had little knowledge about smoking as risk factor for BCa. A need for nationwide awareness campaigns about smoking risks specially targeting lower educational level patients and men or implicating stricter laws for smoking. Also a need of improving in smoking cessation counseling of urologists. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a663bd7fe6ee4c85bea70280ee7e27972025-08-20T02:03:46ZengElsevierCancer Treatment and Research Communications2468-29422024-01-014310087910.1016/j.ctarc.2025.100879Factors influencing smoking cessation in Lebanese patients with bladder cancer: A cross sectional studyGeorges Horkoss0Joey El Khoury1Rami Halabi2Anthony Kanbar3Serge Assaf4Anthony Mina5Sabine El Breidi6Charbel Dabal7Charbel El Hachem8Maher Abdessater9Rodrigue Saad10Antoine Kassis11Raghid El Khoury12Notre Dame des Secours University Hospital Center, Street 93, Byblos Postal Code 3, Lebanon; School of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, P.O. Box 446, Jounieh, Lebanon; Corresponding author.Notre Dame des Secours University Hospital Center, Street 93, Byblos Postal Code 3, Lebanon; School of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, P.O. 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Box 446, Jounieh, LebanonNotre Dame des Secours University Hospital Center, Street 93, Byblos Postal Code 3, Lebanon; School of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, P.O. Box 446, Jounieh, LebanonIntroduction: Bladder cancer (BCa) is a very common urological cancer. Literature showed smoking as a main risk factor for BCa however patients may not be well-informed about the relation between smoking and BCa. Urologists play a crucial role in educating patients about smoking risks and encouraging cessation. The objective is to discover sociodemographic factors that influence the success rate of smoking cessation and other behavioral changes in a sample of smoking Lebanese patients diagnosed with BCa. Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted using a phone survey composed of 53 questions assessing the patients’ knowledge that they had or received from their treating physician about smoking as risk factor for BCa. A sample of patients diagnosed with BCa between 2015 and 2020 were contacted and data was collected between the months of September 2022 and May 2023. Inclusion criteria consisted of adult patients with a diagnosis of BCa and a history of smoking while exclusion criteria consisted of unreachable patients. 260 patients were chosen, 182 patients responded making the response rate 70 % Results: Our sample size consisted of 182 patients was composed of 143 males (78.6 %) and 39 females (21.4 %), 97 (53.3 %) are currently smokers of which 50 (51.5 %) tried but failed, 41 (42.3 %) found no benefit in stopping and 6 (6.2 %) were not counseled. 145 patients (79.7 %) knew about smoking as a risk factor for BCa, with only 6 (3.3 %) knowing before their diagnosis. The multivariate analysis has shown that women (p = 0.010), patients with higher educational level (p = 0.004) tend to stop smoking after diagnosis with BCa more than men and people with lower educational level. Also there was a positive correlation between urologist counseling and smoking cessation (p = 0.03). Conclusion: These findings showed that people had little knowledge about smoking as risk factor for BCa. A need for nationwide awareness campaigns about smoking risks specially targeting lower educational level patients and men or implicating stricter laws for smoking. Also a need of improving in smoking cessation counseling of urologists.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468294225000176Bladder neoplasmsSmoking cessationUrologistsSocioeconomic factorsLebanon |
| spellingShingle | Georges Horkoss Joey El Khoury Rami Halabi Anthony Kanbar Serge Assaf Anthony Mina Sabine El Breidi Charbel Dabal Charbel El Hachem Maher Abdessater Rodrigue Saad Antoine Kassis Raghid El Khoury Factors influencing smoking cessation in Lebanese patients with bladder cancer: A cross sectional study Cancer Treatment and Research Communications Bladder neoplasms Smoking cessation Urologists Socioeconomic factors Lebanon |
| title | Factors influencing smoking cessation in Lebanese patients with bladder cancer: A cross sectional study |
| title_full | Factors influencing smoking cessation in Lebanese patients with bladder cancer: A cross sectional study |
| title_fullStr | Factors influencing smoking cessation in Lebanese patients with bladder cancer: A cross sectional study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Factors influencing smoking cessation in Lebanese patients with bladder cancer: A cross sectional study |
| title_short | Factors influencing smoking cessation in Lebanese patients with bladder cancer: A cross sectional study |
| title_sort | factors influencing smoking cessation in lebanese patients with bladder cancer a cross sectional study |
| topic | Bladder neoplasms Smoking cessation Urologists Socioeconomic factors Lebanon |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468294225000176 |
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