Multivariate Analysis of the questionnaire for Pharmacists who take a seminar of Smoking Cessation Intervention Program

Abstract<br> Objective: Because approximately four thousand chemicals were found in tobacco smoke, smoking is considered as a risk factor for many diseases and thus, the “smoking cessation” has been listed as a major issue. Smoking cessation support for the pharmacist to reduce medical expenses and is an important work in order to support the health of the Japanese people. Here, we conducted a survey of pharmacists about smoking and smoking cessation. In this study, we tried to reveal the problems that we need to support smoking cessation was considered something.<br> Methods: In 201X years and 201X + 1 years, certain pharmacists Association, held a smoking cessation support pharmacist training workshop as a “smoking cessation support program that utilize coaching”. At that time, we carried out a questionnaire survey about smoking and smoking cessation, designated in 5-point scale and free-form question. We primarily analyzed the 5-point scale answers with a simple tabulation process, subsequently subjected to a factor analysis and cluster analysis.<br> Results: 97.5% of answers were responded from 415 pharmacists. In a simple tabulation analyses, the “anxiety for non smoking” and “pain of smoking cessation failure” accounted for a 40% of consultation content in smoking cessation patients. Also, the analyses indicated that a coaching technique for listening and encouragement is useful for pharmacists. By using factor analysis, five factors was found, (1) smoking cessation, (2) health effects, (3) health hazards of tobacco, (4) smoke education, and (5) “should be non smoking”. Subsequent cluster analysis revealed that the respondents were categorized into three groups, (1) aggressive pharmacists for smoking cessation support, (2) pharmacists who exude a negative attitude for smoking cessation, and (3) interested but passive pharmacists for smoking cessation support.<br> Conclusion: In this study, the authors clarify the problems of smoking cessation pharmacists with a simple tabulation analyses, factor analysis and cluster analysis. According to these findings, we concluded that it is necessary for smoking cessation pharmacists to get an instruction for the tailor-made counseling to each patient.