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A randomized controlled trial to compare group motivational interviewing to very brief advice for the effectiveness of a workplace smoking cessation counseling intervention.

Authors :
Caponnetto, Pasquale
Maglia, Marilena
Floresta, Daniele
Ledda, Caterina
Vitale, Ermanno
Polosa, Riccardo
Rapisarda, Venerando
Source :
Journal of Addictive Diseases; Oct-Dec2020, Vol. 38 Issue 4, p465-474, 10p
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

Studies show that smokers have a lower work performance due to time spent smoking, increased fatigue perception and are more absent from work due to smoking-related diseases. The workplace could represent an important location to promote smoking cessation. This study is a multi-center, controlled trial for smoking cessation counseling at the participants' workplace, where 656 randomized participants received four sessions of group motivational interviewing or four sessions of very brief advice and were followed up for 52 weeks. The Continuous Quit Rate (CQR) was higher for the smoking cessation counseling group than for the very brief advice group during weeks 9 to 12 (17.5% vs. 3.6%) weeks 9 to 24 (13.4% vs. 3.4%) and weeks 9 to 52 (10.3% vs. 3.1%). This study demonstrated that motivational interviewing is an efficacious smoking cessation approach for smokers at their workplace. The short-term and long-term cessation rate of the intervention of the smoking cessation counseling group exceeded that of very brief advice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10550887
Volume :
38
Issue :
4
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Journal of Addictive Diseases
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
146730735
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/10550887.2020.1782564