Health Condition 1: F172- Nicotine dependence
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Behavioral Counselling with Yoga in Tobacco Cessation: Behavioral Counselling to motivate patients to quit tobacco and teaching yoga exercises to deal with the withdrawal symptoms
Contr
Sponsors
Shristy Sharma
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. A daily smoke/ smokeless/ mixed form of tobacco users 2. Those who will give consent and are able to read and write local language 3. Patients having medium dependence score according to fagerstrom scale for smoking and modified fagerstrom scale for smokeless tobacco.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1 Participants not willing to participate. 2 Participants who are completely edentulous. 3 Participants suffering from TMJ problems. 4 Participants practicing yoga regularly. 5 Participants who have used/ using nrt or experienced side-effects due to nrt. 6 Participants who are medically compromised in which practicing yoga is contraindicated. 7 Participants with dental emergency. 8 Participants who consume alcohol.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Effectiveness of two methods on the basis of quit status; quit reduction and status quo. To assess and compare the biochemically verified urine cotinine levels using qualitative test at different time intervals among both groupTimepoint: 0 day, 1st week, 1st month, 3rd month, 6th month | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To assess and compare knowledge, attitude and practice regarding tobacco cessation and its ill effects To measure oral health status of bus drivers To develop yoga protocol for tobacco cessation based on the study Timepoint: 0 day, 1st week, 1st month, 3rd month, 6th month | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Vikrant Mohanty
Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences
Outcome results
None listed