Evaluation of the "Time to Quit" self-help smoking cessation program.
Public health and hospital nurses have widespread contact with smokers; an effective smoking cessation program administered by nurses has tremendous potential. This study evaluated: 1) the effectiveness of the self-help cessation program, "Time to Quit"/"Moi aussi, j'écrase" (TTQ), provided on a one-to-one basis; and 2) a smoking cessation training program for baccalaureate nursing students. Nursing students recruited 307 smokers who were randomly assigned to receive one of two interventions. Control smokers received a list of community smoking cessation resources and experimental subjects received this list plus TTQ. Smoking self-reports and cotinine levels were obtained at baseline, six weeks and nine months. More smokers receiving TTQ had reduced at six weeks post-intervention, while there were no differences in quit or reduction rates at the nine-month follow-up. Students were positive about learning the techniques and their knowledge scores were significantly higher than those of non-participating students.
Davies
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BL
School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ontario.
Matte-Lewis
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O'Connor
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Dulberg
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CS
Drake
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003367:Cotinine / Q000032:analysis; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012463:Saliva / Q000737:chemistry; D012647:Self-Assessment; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods*; D013338:Students, Nursing; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors
D003367:Cotinine