The Effectiveness of Mindfulness-based Intervention on Smoking Cessation

Chung Shan Medical University100 enrolled

Overview

The present study will carry out a workplace health promotion via MBI to help smoking workers to quit smoking.

The present study will carry out a workplace health promotion via MBI to help smoking workers to quit smoking. The study will adopt a longitudinal research design with randomized quasi-experimental trial. The smoking workers will recruited and be randomly assigned to Group A (one lesson of health education on smoking cessation and six lessons of MBI) or Group B (one lesson of health education on smoking cessation and six lessons of physical fitness). There will be 50 participants in each group. Data will be collected five times.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

100

Conditions

Smoking Cessation

Interventions

Mindfulness-based InterventionBEHAVIORAL

mindful breath, body scan, sitting meditation and walking meditation and so on.

Physical fitness interventionBEHAVIORAL

giving the lessons of stretch exercise, aerobics to strength muscle and lung fuctions.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 20 YearsMax age: 65 YearsHealthy volunteers:

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Inclusion Criteria: * volunteered employees with heavy smoker * Full-time paid workers Exclusion Criteria: * Age \< 20y or \> 65y * Part-time workers * The workers are not willing to take part in the study

Locations (1)

AIDC

Taichung, Taiwan

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Nicotine dependence level

Fagerstrom Dependence Questionnaire was adopted to assess the level of Nicotine dependence

Time frame: Up to 8 months

Secondary Outcomes

Self-reported stress

10 items of Perceived Stress Scale was adopted to assess the level of perceived stress. This scale uses the Likert five-point scoring method, from 0-4. The higher scores indicate higher pressure levels.

Time frame: Up to 8 months

Psychological distress

Psychological distress was measured by the Chinese Health Questionnaire (CHQ-12), a well-validated instrument. A total of 12 items using the Likert four-point scoring method, with scores ranged from 0-36. The higher scores indicates higher level of psychological distress.

Time frame: Up to 8 months

the Level of mindfulness

Measuring the level of Mindfulness, using the Likert five-point scoring method, a total of 39 questions, including the five concepts, namely: awareness (8 questions), description (8 questions), non-judging (8 questions), observation (8 questions), and non-reaction (7 questions). The higher scores indicate higher levels of mindfulness.

Time frame: Up to 8 months

the level of CO

The Smokerlyzer was adopted to assess the participants' CO level. \<5ppm indicates nonsmoker; 5\~7ppm indicates lighter smokers; ≧8ppm indicates heavy smokers.

Time frame: Up to 8 months

Central Contacts

Shu-Ling Huang, PhD

CONTACT

+886-4-24730022 shuling@csmu.edu.tw

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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