Journal article
Outcomes and adherence in Syria's first smoking cessation trial
American journal of health behavior, Vol.32(2), pp.146-156
03/2008
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.32.2.4
PMID: 18052855
Abstract
To determine the feasibility of implementing cessation interventions in Syria.
We randomized 50 smokers to either a brief or intensive behavioral cessation intervention. Adherence to treatment and cessation through 3 months postcessation were calculated.
Adherence in the intensive group was only moderate and was associated with smoking for more years and higher self-efficacy. Cessation rates in the brief and intensive intervention groups were 16% and 4%, respectively. Nicotine dependence predicted abstinence at 3 months.
Important barriers to cessation included perceived dependence, lack of access to pharmacotherapy, poor social support, and water pipe smoking.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Outcomes and adherence in Syria's first smoking cessation trial
- Creators
- Taghrid Asfar - Smoking Cessation Intervention Program, Syrian Center for Tobacco Studies, Aleppo, SyriaMark Vander WegWasim MaziakFadi HammalThomas EissenbergKenneth D Ward
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- American journal of health behavior, Vol.32(2), pp.146-156
- DOI
- 10.5993/AJHB.32.2.4
- PMID
- 18052855
- NLM abbreviation
- Am J Health Behav
- ISSN
- 1087-3244
- eISSN
- 1945-7359
- Publisher
- United States
- Grant note
- R01 TW05962 / FIC NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/2008
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences; Injury Prevention Research Center; Community and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984064182902771
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