Intervention Study for Smoking Cessation in Spanish College Students

University of Navarra

Status: Completed

Conditions: Smoking; Smoking Cessation

Treatments: Behavioral: Multicomponent intervention; Behavioral: Brief advice

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03448900

Smoking

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study evaluate the effectiveness of a nurse multi-component intervention aimed at helping Spanish college student smokers to quit smoking.

Full description

This study hipotetize that a multicomponent intervention, tailored to college student and conducted by a nurse is more effective than brief advise.

The intervention was a multi-component intervention based on the Theory of Triadic Influence and on previous recommendations made in the Surgeon General's report . The strategies of this program consisted of a 50-minute motivational interview conducted by a nurse and online self-help material. The follow-up included a reinforcing e-mail and group therapy. The smoking-related Self-efficacy, Belief and Intention scale was used to assess outcomes.

Enrollment: 255 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 24 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Undergraduate or master students that smoked an average of at least one cigarette a week within the last 6 months

Exclusion Criteria

• Students who are ex-smokers

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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255 participants in 2 patient groups

Multicomponent intervention

Experimental group

Description:

The intervention group consisted in face-to-face 50-minute meeting \[motivational interviewing (MI)\]; online self-help material focused on: (1) decisions; (2) moods; (3) social life; (4) smoking health effects; and (5) quitting; e-mail 15 days before the MI, group therapy 2 months after the MI (60 minutes), a second follow-up visit 4 months after the MI (20 minutes).

Treatment:

Behavioral: Multicomponent intervention

Brief advice

Active Comparator group

Description:

The control group received a brief advice (5-10minutes) and a self-help pamphlet called 'Stop smoking'. Before giving brief advice, the nurse assessed smokers' habits and their willingness to quit. As is usually in this type of studies there were no follow-up sessions for this group.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Brief advice