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Effect of Stress-management and Biofeedback on Craving in Smoking Abstinence: A Pilot Study

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Ghent University Hospital (UZ)

Status and phase

Completed
Phase 2

Conditions

Smoking Cessation

Treatments

Behavioral: breathing technique
Behavioral: behavioral strategies

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT01080092
2010/020

Details and patient eligibility

About

Craving is one of the most prominent reasons for relapse after smoking cessation. Mainly pharmacological aids (NRT, bupropion, varenicline) try to counter this condition. This project aims to evaluate the effect of stress-management and a short breathing technique, reinforced by means of visualisation , on the experience of craving in smokers who are prepared to stay abstinent for at least 3 hours before the start of the intervention. It is expected that this strategy can provide supplementary gains in craving control.

Enrollment

40 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • smokers (at least 10 cigarettes/day);
  • 18 years of age or older;
  • prepared to stay abstinent for 3 hours before the start of the session;
  • not prepared to stop smoking;
  • Dutch speaking.

Exclusion criteria

  • acute health related problems;
  • psychiatric co-morbidities;
  • quit attempts in the past 3 months;
  • participation in other clinical trials.

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Single Blind

40 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

breathing technique group
Experimental group
Description:
technique as a stress management technique, reinforced by biofeedback
Treatment:
Behavioral: breathing technique
no breathing technique
Placebo Comparator group
Description:
the control group reads a paper on the properties and components of tobacco and on behavioural strategies to cope with craving
Treatment:
Behavioral: behavioral strategies

Trial contacts and locations

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