EnglishCyprus Turkish Journal of Psychiatry & Psychology Vol.4 Issue.4
Doi:10.35365/ctjpp.22.4.08
RESEARCH ARTICLE / ARAŞTIRMA YAZISI
Cell phone-based mindfulness interventions for smoking cessation: Randominised control study
Sigarayı bıraktırmak için cep telefonu tabanlı farkındalık müdahaleleri: Randomize kontrollü bir çalışma
Fadime Tülücü1
Abstract:
In this study smoking cessation intervention with short text messages on the phone was examined. Unlike other studies, the awareness-based messages were sent to one group that would keep their motivation high for a happy life and to the other group awareness-based messages that drew attention to the harms of smoking. The study population consisted of smokers (n=286). The sample was composed of cases who applied to the outpatient clinic for different reasons, smoked for more than one year and had similar demographic data and smoking-related data. The motivations for quitting smoking were not looked at. Participants were randomly divided into 2 groups. Three motivational text messages were sent to Group 1 (n=146) every day which were not about smoking. Group 2 (n=140) received 3 messages per day about the harms of smoking. The effect of this method in smoking cessation intervention was evaluated. Smoking cessation rate was higher in Group 1 at first month (p= .001). However no significant difference was found in other months and in total (p> .05). Those experiencing withdrawal and hesitancy were found to be high in Group 2 (p= .002). Weight gain anxiety was higher in Group 1 (p= .003). Telephone awareness messages enable people to make a decision to quit smoking. Thus it is possible to reach larger groups and get results similar to those in the polyclinic. The mindfulness-based messages generate faster decisions and fewer withdrawal complaints. In this way, people who are unwilling to quit smoking can be motivated.
Keywords: Smoking cessation, cell phone message, mindfulness, motivation
1PhD, Near East University, Department of Thoracic Diseases, Nicosia – TRNC, [email protected], Orcid Id: 0000-0001-9874-1461
Address of Correspondence/Yazışma Adresi: Near East University, Department of Thoracic Diseases, Nicosia – TRNC, E-mail: [email protected]
Date of Received/Geliş Tarihi: 10.06.2022, Date of Revision/Düzeltme Tarihi: 17.09.2022, Date of Acceptance/Kabul Tarihi: 30.09.2022, Date of Online Publication/Çevirimiçi Yayın Tarihi: 06.12.2022
Citing/Referans Gösterimi: Tulucu, F. (2022). Cell phone-based mindfulness interventions for smoking cessation: Randominised control study, Cyprus Turkish Journal of Psychiatry & Psychology, 4(4): 370-377
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