%0 Journal Article %T The nicotine dependence associated with alcohol use and other psychoactive substance A depend那ncia da nicotina associada ao uso de 芍lcool e outras substancias psicoativas %A M芍rcia Regina Pizzo de Castro %A Sandra Odebrecht Vargas Nunes %A Danilo Donizete de Faria %A Carlos Eduardo Bobroff da Rocha %J Semina : Ci那ncias Biol車gicas e da Sa迆de %D 2008 %I Universidade Estadual de Londrina %X To examine an association between nicotine dependence with alcohol, other psychoactive use, and depressive disorder. Smokers were recruited from Centro de Refer那ncia de Abordagem e Tratamento do Tabagismo at the Hospital das Cl赤nicas da Universidade Estadual de Londrina (AHC/ UEL). All subjects were informed and gave then written consent for the research as approved by the Ethics Research Committee of Universidade Estadual de Londrina. The measures used were: structured questionnaire, alcohol, smoking, and psychoactive substance involvement screening test (ASSIST v 3.0), the Fagerstr m test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND), and the Diagnostic Interview for Research on Depressive disorder of the World Health Organization. Smokers presented the following socio-demographic characteristics: prevalence of the female sex and mean age of 47 years old with capacity for domestic activities and work. The mean age of onset of cigarette use for smokers was 16 years old. Fagerstr m*s test presented a medium punctuation of 6, so much for users of substances psicoativas, as for the ones that they don*t use them. Relationship between serious depression and the of psychoactive substances use was relevant for the research. This study evidenced an association among the use of the tobacco and other psychoactive substances, and depressive disorder. The health professional in smoking cessation intervention would be to identify subgroups of adult smokers, associated with depression, psychoactive substance use, and promote an intervention in both comorbidities and larger effectiveness of the smoking cessation. Analisar a associa o entre a depend那ncia de nicotina com o uso de 芍lcool, outras substancias psicoativas e transtorno depressivo. Os tabagistas foram recrutados a partir do Centro de Refer那ncia de Abordagem e Tratamento do Tabagismo no Hospital de Cl赤nicas da Universidade Estadual de Londrina (AHC/UEL). Todos os participantes foram informados e assinaram o termo de consentimento livre e esclarecido aprovado pelo Comit那 de 谷tica em Pesquisa da Universidade Estadual de Londrina. Os instrumentos foram: question芍rio estruturado, teste de triagem do envolvimento com 芍lcool, tabaco e outras substancias (ASSIST v 3.0), teste de Fargerstr m de Depend那ncia de Nicotina (FTND) e crit谷rios diagn車sticos para pesquisa de transtorno depressivo, da Organiza o Mundial da Sa迆de. Os tabagistas apresentaram as seguintes caracter赤sticas s車cio-demogr芍ficas: predom赤nio do sexo feminino, e m谷dia de idade de 47 anos, com capacidade para atividades dom谷sticas e trabalho. A m谷dia de idade de in赤ci %K Depend那ncia de nicotina %K Uso de 芍lcool %K Uso de substancias psicoativas %K Transtorno depressivo. %U http://www.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/seminabio/article/view/3461