Doolan Daniel M, Froelicher Erika Sivarajan
School of Nursing, University of San Francisco San Francisco, CA 94117, USA.
Prog Cardiovasc Nurs. 2008 Summer;23(3):119-27. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-7117.2008.00001.x.
Older adults suffer a large proportion of the health consequences from smoking and can greatly benefit their health by quitting smoking. This article examines the current state of research and practice for older adults and smoking cessation interventions. For over 17 years, the health care literature has mandated that people of all ages be provided with smoking cessation interventions. However, smoking cessation interventions are offered to older adults at suboptimal rates. Nurses, especially those caring for clients in the inpatient setting, have an opportunity to provide smoking cessation interventions to older smokers. Recent research has shown that older smokers, particularly those hospitalized with cardiovascular disease, can quit at high rates when provided an intervention. Furthermore, use of nicotine replacement therapy has been shown to be safe and efficacious among older smokers with cardiovascular disease.
老年人承受着吸烟带来的很大一部分健康后果，戒烟能极大地有益于他们的健康。本文探讨了针对老年人戒烟干预措施的研究现状与实践情况。在过去17年多的时间里，医疗保健文献一直要求为所有年龄段的人提供戒烟干预措施。然而，向老年人提供戒烟干预措施的比例并不理想。护士，尤其是那些在住院环境中护理患者的护士，有机会为老年吸烟者提供戒烟干预措施。最近的研究表明，老年吸烟者，尤其是那些因心血管疾病住院的吸烟者，在接受干预时能够以很高的比率戒烟。此外，已证明尼古丁替代疗法在患有心血管疾病的老年吸烟者中是安全有效的。
