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REVISTA DA ESCOLA DE ENFERMAGEM DA USP
Volume 48, Issue 3, Pages 500-505Publisher
UNIV SAO PAOLO
DOI: 10.1590/S0080-623420140000300016
Keywords
Smoking; Mental disorders; Psychiatric Departament Hospital; Non-smoking areas; Psychiatric nursing
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- Brazilian National Council of Scientific and Technologic Development (CNPq) [70/2009, 145781/2010-0]
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Objective: To identify the opinion of patients with mental disorder about tobacco and its prohibition during psychiatric hospitalization. Method: An exploratory study with 96 patients smokers with mental disorders hospitalized in a psychiatric ward of a general hospital. The interviews were conducted individually, using an instrument designed for this study. The content from the interviews was recorded, transcribed and submitted to a thematic content analysis. Results: The patients with mental disorder were identified as perceiving smoking during the psychiatric hospitalization as a help to support the difficulties in socialization and in the lack of activities. The permission for smoking is seen as a signal of respect to their needs. The subjects mentioned to not accept the total smoking prohibition. Conclusion: Tobacco helps to face difficulties and conflicts in the psychiatric hospitalization. There is resistance regarding the possibility to totally withdraw the smoking permission during hospitalization.
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