Objective: Addictions can be beaten if started off with a true motivation to quit it. Enhancing motivation is an important part of overall treatment for smoking cessation as it increases a smoker’s courage and enthusiasm to quit smoke. This study aimed to assess effectiveness of various interventional methods to motivate unmotivated smokers with a focus on changing behavioural stage of smokers to quit. Methodology: A single blinded trial was conducted at the outpatient department of ITS dental college and hospital among precontemplation stage smokers allocated into 4 groups and given interventional therapies like general counselling only(group 1), counselling and intra oral camera assessment (Group 2), counselling as well as carbon monoxide monitoring(Group 3)whereas fourth group(Group 4) given a combination therapy of all of them. A baseline evaluation of nicotine dependence and behavioural stage of the smoker was assessed. The patients were then evaluated on presence on their scheduled follow up visits done at interval of 2 weeks and 4 weeks. Descriptive statistics were addressed and the association was evaluated using Pearson chi square test. Any p value less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: Majority of smokers were males(88% ) and about 48.8% of them were highly dependent smokers . The change in precontemplation behavioural stage was assessed on basis of follow up visits after interventional therapy which was significantly higher in group 4 receiving combination therapy, followed by carbon monoxide therapy ,counselling and intra oral camera assessment and the least visits in behaviour counselling group (p <0.05). Conclusion: A combination of counselling and other motivational aids therapy is best way possible to help smokers focusing a change on the behavioural stage of the patient from precontemplation to preparation stage.
Das, D., Menon, I., Gupta, R., Sharma, A., Ahsan, I., & Ashraf, A. (2021). Comparison of Interventional Methods to Motivate and Change the Behavioural Stage of Smokers to Quit Smoking- A Hospital Based Randomised Controlled Trial. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 22(3), 711-717. doi: 10.31557/APJCP.2021.22.3.711
MLA
Dipshikha Das; Ipseeta Menon; Ritu Gupta; Anubhav Sharma; Iram Ahsan; Asifa Ashraf. "Comparison of Interventional Methods to Motivate and Change the Behavioural Stage of Smokers to Quit Smoking- A Hospital Based Randomised Controlled Trial". Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 22, 3, 2021, 711-717. doi: 10.31557/APJCP.2021.22.3.711
HARVARD
Das, D., Menon, I., Gupta, R., Sharma, A., Ahsan, I., Ashraf, A. (2021). 'Comparison of Interventional Methods to Motivate and Change the Behavioural Stage of Smokers to Quit Smoking- A Hospital Based Randomised Controlled Trial', Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 22(3), pp. 711-717. doi: 10.31557/APJCP.2021.22.3.711
VANCOUVER
Das, D., Menon, I., Gupta, R., Sharma, A., Ahsan, I., Ashraf, A. Comparison of Interventional Methods to Motivate and Change the Behavioural Stage of Smokers to Quit Smoking- A Hospital Based Randomised Controlled Trial. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 2021; 22(3): 711-717. doi: 10.31557/APJCP.2021.22.3.711
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