Use of the Motivational Interviewing in the Treatment of Smokers in Groups in Primary Health Care (MITG)

Hospital Nossa Senhora da Conceicao

Status: Completed

Conditions: Smoking, Tobacco; Smoking Cessation

Treatments: Behavioral: Traditional cognitive-behavioral approach; Behavioral: Motivational Interviewing

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03221010

HNSC-Tobacco Groups

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of Motivational Interview (MI) on the smoking cessation rates of the smoking groups performed by the primary care teams of the Conceição Hospitalar Group, Porto Alegre, Brasil, and also whether there is an increase in the completion rate of the groups.

Full description

Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death and a major public health problem worldwide. Primary health care is a strategic setting in the treatment of this problem. The objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of Motivational Interview (MI) on the smoking cessation rates of the smoking groups performed by the primary care teams of the Conceição Hospitalar Group, Porto Alegre, Brasil, and also whether there is an increase in the completion rate of the groups. Methodology: A randomized community trial was carried out in the 12 units of this service, starting in July 2016, with randomization by cluster, where the intervention group received an 8-hour training in MI in order to associate the technique with the conventional approach, while the units of the control group used only the conventional approach.

Enrollment: 600 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Smokers.
• Participate in group smoking treatment.

Exclusion criteria

• Missing more than two sessions of the smoking group.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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600 participants in 2 patient groups

Motivational Interviewing

Experimental group

Description:

Intervention Group: in this group, composed of 6 randomized Basic Health Units, the professionals who coordinate the smoking groups will receive the training for the use of the Motivational Interviewing as an additional resource to the work of motivation and cognitive-behavioral approach usually performed in the groups, however , With an approach based on Motivational Interviewing.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Motivational Interviewing

Behavioral: Traditional cognitive-behavioral approach

Traditional cognitive-behavioral approach

Active Comparator group

Description:

Control Group: in this group composed of the remaining 6 Randomized Basic Health Units, professionals will use only the traditional cognitive-behavioral approach advocated by the Brazilian Ministry of Health's smoking program.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Traditional cognitive-behavioral approach