smoking
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention group: 40 people
A single, individual session, Brief Intervention (BI) with Motivational Interviewing approach to cessation of tobacco use applied by a trained interviewer with a degree i
Behavioural
F01.145.928.968
Sponsors
Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora
Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Daily use of cigarettes for at least one year; Be at least 18 years old; Provide permanent address and phone for contact; Agree to be allocated to one of the groups and to participate in the three- and six-month follow-ups;sample size target 80 people.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Failure to understand the instruments used; Presenting Psychotic Syndrome, Mood disorder with psychotic features; Manic or hypomanic episode; suicide risk (moderate or severe), and dependence on alcohol or other drugs (besides nicotine).
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Cessation of tobacco use We used the abstinence self-report to assess the absence of tobacco use during the prior 7 days in the telephone follow-ups at 3 and 6 months; There was no use of biochemical methods such as cotinine saliva sample or breath carbon monoxide measurement. ;Results The cessation of tobacco use (abstinence) outcome was not observed in the experimental group (Brief Intervention). Participants stated that they did not stop using tobacco after the intervention. In the control group (Cognitive-Behavioral Approach) 20% of the participants reported being abstinent at the 3-month follow-up and 11% at 6 months. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Expected outcome: Increasing the numbers of attempts at quitting tobacco use (number of times went without using tobacco and then returned to using again); Method used: Assessed by self-report of abstinence in the follow-up Results The averages for attempts to quit smoking after the interventions were, in the experimental group (Brief Intervention) 8 (3-month follow-up) and 5.6 (6-month follow-up), and 5.3 and 5.7 in the control (Cognitive-Behavioral Approach) at 3 and 6 months.;Expected outcome: Reducing the number of cigarettes Method used: Evaluation by a questionnaire applied in the 3 and 6 month follow-ups (How much they reduced the use of tobacco scale of 1 (no reduction) to 5 (completely stopped). Results Most of the smokers (53.8%) lit their first cigarette within 5 minutes after waking up, and the number of cigarettes smoked per day was between 11 and 20 in the two groups (53% in the experimental and 68% in the control) at baseline. There was a reduction in the number of cigarettes smoked per day observed in the follow-ups in the two groups: in the experimental group this dropped to less than 10 cigarettes per day (50% of the participants at 3 months and 60% at 6 months) and a drop with the same reduction was also observed in the control group (50% at 3 months and 68% at 6 months).;Expected outcome: Decrease in the degree of nicotine dependence Method used: evaluated by the Fagerström test that has 6 questions and shows whether the degree is low, medium, high, or very high) Results In the nicotine dependence assessment, the moderate level predominated (in 58% of experimental group participants and in 60% for the control) at baseline. In the three-month follow-up what stood out in the experimental group was the low level (50% of participants), and in the control, the moderate level (60%). At 6 months, in the experimental group it was observed that the nicotine dependence level remained moderate (60% of the participants) and in the control, low (5 | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactCláudia;Cláudia Carvalho;Carvalho
Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora;Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora
Outcome results
None listed