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Intervention study for smoking cessation in Spanish college students: pragmatic randomized controlled trial.
- Source :
- Addiction; Oct2015, Vol. 110 Issue 10, p1676-1683, 8p, 1 Diagram, 3 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Aim To evaluate the effectiveness of a nurse intervention aimed at helping college student smokers quit smoking. Design Single-blind, pragmatic randomized controlled trial which compares a multi-component intervention, tailored specifically to college students, with a brief advice session with a 6-month follow-up. Settings This study was conducted at the University of Navarra, Spain. Participants A total of 255 college student smokers (age range = 18-24 years) were randomized to an intervention group ( n = 133) or to a control group ( n = 122). Intervention A multi-component intervention based on the Theory of Triadic Influence of Flay was developed. The intervention consisted of a 50-minute motivational interview conducted by a nurse and online self-help material. The follow-up included a reinforcing e-mail and group therapy. Measurements The primary outcome was self-reported abstinence, with biochemical verification at 6 months. The secondary outcomes consisted of the mean number of cigarettes smoked per day, self-reported attempts to quit smoking and stage of change at 6 months. Findings At the 6-month follow-up, the smoking cessation incidence was 21.1% in the intervention group compared with 6.6% in the control group (difference = 14.5 confidence interval = 6.1-22.8; relative risk = 3.41, 95% confidence interval = 1.62-7.20). The difference in the mean number of cigarettes at 6 months was significantly different (difference = -2.2, confidence interval = -3.6 to -0.9). Conclusions A multi-component intervention tailored to college students and managed by a nurse is effective in increasing smoking cessation among college students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- SMOKING cessation
TREATMENT effectiveness
MOTIVATIONAL interviewing
MOTIVATION (Psychology)
RANDOMIZED controlled trials
REGRESSION analysis
RESEARCH funding
STATISTICAL hypothesis testing
T-test (Statistics)
PROBABILITY theory
DATA analysis software
CHI-squared test
STATISTICAL correlation
POISSON distribution
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09652140
- Volume :
- 110
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Addiction
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 109323707
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/add.13009