Shaashi Uday Hiremath, Pethagounder Thangavelu Ravikumar, Rajaram Mohan Karthik, Fenn Saramma Mathew, Appusamy Kumar
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Vinayaka Mission's Sankarachariyar Dental College, Vinayaka Mission's Research Foundation, Salem, IND.
Cureus. 2023 May 6;15(5):e38639. doi: 10.7759/cureus.38639. eCollection 2023 May.
Nicotine dependence is a current indwelling and challenging health burden among smokeless tobacco users as it involves the compulsive use of a substance despite its known harmful effects. The evaluation of nicotine dependence is challenging as it involves physical and psychological dependence due to nicotine in smokeless tobacco.
The primary aim is to assess the nicotine dependence in a group of smokeless tobacco by using a six-question Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence for Smokeless Tobacco (FTND-ST) and to assess the nicotine dependence among three groups, namely Group - 1, who were exclusively pan masala, gutka chewers, Group - 2, who were exclusively Hans users, and Group - 3, who were exclusively betel quid with smokeless tobacco chewers.
Only those who use smokeless tobacco in the age groups between 21 to 70 years were randomly selected. The total sample size is 100 patients. The age groups were divided into 21-28, 29-35, 36-42, 43-49, 50-56, 57-63, and 64-70. Informed consent was obtained from the participants of the study.
The Hans chewers are predominantly females. Pan masala and gutka chewers are predominantly males.
Smokeless tobacco chewers like pan masala were found to have high mean nicotine dependence Fagerstrom score than Hans and betel quid with smokeless tobacco chewers.
尼古丁依赖是无烟烟草使用者当前面临的一个持续且具有挑战性的健康负担，因为它涉及尽管已知有有害影响仍强迫性使用某种物质。尼古丁依赖的评估具有挑战性，因为它涉及无烟烟草中尼古丁导致的生理和心理依赖。
主要目的是通过使用针对无烟烟草的尼古丁依赖六问题法格斯特罗姆测试（FTND - ST）来评估一组无烟烟草使用者的尼古丁依赖情况，并评估三组人群的尼古丁依赖情况，即第1组，仅食用槟榔和古特卡的人群；第2组，仅使用汉斯（一种无烟烟草制品）的人群；第3组，仅咀嚼含无烟烟草槟榔块的人群。
仅随机选取年龄在21至70岁之间使用无烟烟草的人群。总样本量为100名患者。年龄组分为21 - 28岁、29 - 35岁、36 - 42岁、43 - 49岁、50 - 56岁、57 - 63岁和64 - 70岁。研究参与者均获得了知情同意。
使用汉斯的人群中女性占主导。食用槟榔和古特卡的人群中男性占主导。
发现像食用槟榔这类无烟烟草使用者的平均尼古丁依赖法格斯特罗姆评分高于使用汉斯的人群以及咀嚼含无烟烟草槟榔块的人群。
