Korean Smoking Cessation and Depressive Symptoms Survey Analysis

231,469 participants from the 2024 Korea Community Health Survey were analyzed for associations between smoking cessation and depressive symptoms. The study uses Patient Health Questionnaire-9 scores and survey data on smoking status, cessation duration, pack-years, and tobacco product type. Results show former smokers had lower odds of depressive symptoms than current smokers, with odds varying by cessation duration and product type.

Use Cases

• Analyze the association between smoking status (never, current, former) and Patient Health Questionnaire-9 depressive symptom scores.
• Model how odds of depressive symptoms vary by cessation duration among former smokers.
• Investigate the relationship between cumulative tobacco exposure (pack-years) and depressive symptom odds.
• Compare odds of depressive symptoms between exclusive conventional cigarette users and dual users of conventional and electronic cigarettes.

Strengths

• Analysis based on a large survey sample of 231,469 participants.
• Includes specific metrics like adjusted odds ratios (aOR) for men and women comparing smoking statuses.
• Examines multiple factors: cessation duration, pack-years, and tobacco product type.

Limitations

• Cross-sectional design prevents establishing causality and raises potential for reverse causality.
• Data is contained within a PDF report (82.3 KB), limiting direct machine-readability and analysis of underlying tabular data.
• Sample is geographically limited to South Korea, which may affect generalizability.

Provenance

Source

2024 Korea Community Health Survey.

Collection Method

Nationwide cross-sectional survey; analysis used multiple logistic regression.

Time Range

2024.

Freshness

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Geography

South Korea.