The Effect of Motivational Interviewing Technique on Smoking Urge and Smoking Cessation Success in Teachers

Background: Smoking, which remains one of the biggest public health threats that the world faces and has reached epidemic proportions, continues to cause more than eight million deaths on average per year worldwide. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of motivational interviewing technique on the smoking urge and the success of smoking cessation in teachers.

Methods: This was an experimental (randomized controlled) study where motivational interviews were conducted with the individuals in the experimental group. The sample of the study was chosen from the teachers, who met the inclusion criteria, in the secondary schools in the central districts of Manisa. The study was completed with 30 smokers in the experimental group and 31 smokers in the control group. Questionnaire on Smoking Urges, Smoking Cessation Success Prediction Scale and Sociodemographic Data Form were used as data collecting tools. Chi-square test, Mann-Whitney U test, Wilcoxon test, t-test and regression analysis were used to analyse the data.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Smoking; Motivational Interviewing; Nursing; School Health
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 61
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Mani̇sa
    • Manisa, Mani̇sa, Turkey, 45030
      • Manisa Celâl Bayar University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Criteria for inclusion

• Individuals who volunteered to participate in the study,
• Did not have a malignant disease or a psychiatric problem,
• Were smokers,
• Taught at schools included in the study were enrolled.

Exclusion criteria

• Those who did not volunteer to participate in the study
• Non-smokers

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: The motivational interviewing group; The data of the study were collected through online questionnaires. An motivational interviewing lasting 30 minutes on average, both online and face-to-face, was carried out with the experimental group. Four reminder text messages were sent to the experimental group in a one-month period. One month after the interview was carried out and Questionnaire on Smoking Urges and Smoking Cessation Success Prediction Scale were completed as a pretest for the experimental group, the scales were completed again as a post-test.	Behavioral: MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING; Motivational interviewing is a form of interview conducted with a patient-centered approach in order to enable people to discover and solve the obstacles to behavior change.
No Intervention: The group in which no motivational interviews were conducted; The control group, on the other hand, were asked to fill in Questionnaire on Smoking Urges and Smoking Cessation Success Prediction Scale as a pretest, and again a month later as a post-test.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
The desire of individuals to smoke	Questionnaire on Smoking Urges: Measurement of smoking desires in experimental and control groups, before and after intervention. Scoring of the scale ranges from 10 to 70. The smallest score that can be obtained from the scale is 10, indicating no urge felt to quit smoking. The highest possible score is 70 and indicates a very high urge to smoke.	1 month
The achievements of individuals towards quitting smoking	Smoking Cessation Success Prediction Scale: Measurement of smoking cessation success before and after intervention in experimental and control groups. The lowest score that can be obtained from SCSPS is 10, and the highest is 50. Higher scores from the scale indicate higher success of smoking cessation.	1 month

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Celal Bayar University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): April 12, 2021
• Primary Completion (Actual): August 1, 2021
• Study Completion (Actual): November 1, 2021

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 23, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 13, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): May 16, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): May 16, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 13, 2022
• Last Verified: May 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: ezgipasaoglu

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No