The Effect of Smoking Duration and Daily Consumption on Anxiety and Sleep Quality in Smokers

Objective: Our aim is to compare the anxiety and sleep quality levels of smokers and non-smokers and to investigate the relationship between smoking duration and daily consumption amounts with anxiety and sleep quality. Materials and Methods: Eighty individuals, between the ages of 18 and 50, with a mean age of 31.98±10.31 years were participated in the study. Participants were divided into two groups as smokers insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n=40); and non-smokers insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n=40);. The smoker group was divided into two groups as the one smoking less than half a pack insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n=20); and the other smoking more than one pack insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n=20);. Anxiety was evaluated with the Beck Anxiety Inventory insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(BAI); and sleep quality with the Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(PSQI);. Results: It was found that the anxiety level of the smoker group was higher and the sleep quality values were lower than the control group insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p<0.001);. There are relationships among the smoking duration, the amount of cigarette consumption insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(r = -0.530 , p<0.001); and anxiety insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(r =0.381 , p=0.015);, between the amount of cigarette consumption and anxiety insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(r = -0.384 , p=0.014); and between the sleep quality and the anxiety insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(r=0.546 , p<0.001);. Conclusion: Smoking causes an increase in the level of anxiety and a decrease in sleep quality. As the smoking duration increases, the anxiety score increases and as the anxiety level increases, the sleep quality decreases.