nicotine dependence smoking addiction
Conditions
Sponsors
Vrije Universiteit
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - 18 years or older; - Female; - Pregnant (27 weeks maximum); - Current smoking status = smoking (not necessarily on a daily basis, and independently of the number of daily smoked cigarettes).
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: See remarks under 'Additional comments'.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Main objectives of the study are, ultimately, smoking cessation (or reduction), stress reduction, and higher self-perceived health among women with a lower educational level and/or low SES. We expect that the intervention has a stronger impact on smoking behavior of the women compared to the control condition, indicated by a higher percentage of women who will achieve to stop smoking in the intervention group than in the control group. Moreover, we expect that of women who achieved to quit smoking their experienced stress will be reduced and their experienced health will be increased. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary goals of the study are greater self-regulation and resilience with regard to smoking, a sense of control in stressful situations, increased awareness of responsibility for the health of the child, and better attachment and (enhanced) intrinsic motivation to maintain behavioral change.We expect participants who will be offered the intervention to find the intervention attractive and easy to use, and attractiveness and user friendliness to be positively associated with participant motivation to use HRV biofeedback. Other secondary outcome measures are birth outcomes (including APGAR scores and birth weight), and temperament of the child at 3 months of age. We expect more optimal birth outcomes and temperament outcomes of baby's whose mother achieved to quit smoking than of those whose mother did not achieve to quit smoking. | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed