Effects of Smoking Cessation Program for Male University Students: Perceived Nicotine Dependency and Self-efficacy.
- Author:
Seung Kyo CHAUNG
1
;
Chun Gill KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Nursing, Semyung University.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Smoking cessation program;
Male university students;
Nicotine dependency;
Self-efficacy
- MeSH:
Acupuncture;
Cellular Phone;
Electronic Mail;
Humans;
Internet;
Male*;
Nicotine*;
Smoke*;
Smoking Cessation*;
Smoking*;
Surveys and Questionnaires
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Adult Nursing
2005;17(2):219-229
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of 8 weeks smoking cessation program(SCP) developed by researchers. METHOD: One group pretest-posttest design was used in this study. The subjects were 88 male university students who consented to participate in the 8 weeks SCP. The SCP in this study consisted of a stop-smoking class, e-mail, SMS(short message service), cellular phone, internet cafe, displayed panel, and patch or acupuncture for quitting smoking. Korean version of questionnaire for nicotine dependency by Ahn et al.(2002), the smoking self-efficacy scale translated by Choi(1999) and subjects' opinion about the SCP were measured. The data were analyzed by using frequency, Chi-Square test, paired t-test and repeated measures ANOVA with SPSS WIN 10.1 Program. RESULTS: 1) The rate of quitting smoking was 31.8% after 8 weeks SCP. 2) There was no significant decrease in the nicotine dependency score among smoking subjects after SCP. 3) There was a significant increase in self-efficacy after SCP. The mean score of self -efficacy in the quitting smoking group increased significantly, but did not significantly change in the smoking group. 4) The stop-smoking class was the most helpful among contents of the SCP. Contents of the SCP except for internet cafe were useful for quitting smoking in this study. CONCLUSION: The above results indicated that the 8 weeks SCP would be a helpful intervention to quit smoking for male university students.
