Factors Related to Quit Smoking Intention Among Non-Communicable Disease Patients in the Primary Care Unit, Muang DistRrict, Nonthaburi Province

Abstract

Smoking is one of the leading causes of chronic non-communicable diseases. If smoking behavior can be successfully changed, it brings both short-term and long-term benefits. Not only does it make existing conditions easier to treat and reduce the risk of complications, but it also improves quality of life in various aspects such as physical health, mental and emotional well-being, and social life. This cross-sectional descriptive study had the objectives of studying the intention to quit smoking and factors related to quit smoking intention among patients with non-communicable diseases in the primary care units, Mueang District, Nonthaburi Province. The sample consisted of 291 patients with non-communicable diseases who visited the chronic disease clinic in the primary care units, Mueang District, Nonthaburi Province in 2024 and were currently smoking. Data were collected using an interview form and were analyzed using descriptive statistics, including number, percentage, mean, and standard deviation. The relationship was analyzed using the chi-square test and Fisher's exact test. The results found that most of the sample had the intention to quit smoking, with 76.6 percent planning to quit smoking within the next 6 months and 9.3 percent ready to quit smoking within the next 1 month. Factors significantly associated with quitting smoking were age, education level, occupation, duration of smoking, level of nicotine dependence, level of perceived ability to control smoking cessation behavior, and level of awareness of smoking cessation service system (p<0.05). The results from this study will be useful for developing guidelines for smoking cessation promotion programs in the primary care units, especially in patients with non-communicable diseases, appropriately and effectively.