Nicotine Dependence, Smoking-related Attitude, and Subjective Norms across the Stages of Change for Smoking Cessation among Adults Smokers in a Rural Area.
10.4040/jkan.2006.36.6.1023
- Author:
Young Hee KIM
1
;
Nam Sook SEO
;
Hae Young KANG
Author Information
1. Department of Nursing, Woosuk University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article ; English Abstract
- Keywords:
Smoking cessation;
Stages of change;
Nicotine dependence;
Subjective norm
- MeSH:
Adult;
Aged;
Aged, 80 and over;
Attitude to Health;
Female;
Humans;
Interviews as Topic;
Male;
Middle Aged;
Motivation;
Nicotine;
Questionnaires;
Rural Population;
Smoking Cessation/*psychology;
Tobacco Use Disorder/*psychology
- From:
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
2006;36(6):1023-1032
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to identify nicotine dependence, smoking-related attitude, and subjective norms across the stages of change for smoking cessation among adult smokers in a rural area. METHOD: The subjects were 276 current smokers (male=243, female=33). There were 3 stages of change for smoking cessation: pre-contemplation, contemplation, and preparation stage. Data was collected by an interview or self-reporting from February 12th to March 5th 2004, and analyzed with frequency, percentage, chi-square-test, Fisher's exact probability test, ANOVA, and Scheffe test using the SPSS-PC program. RESULT: According to the stages of change, 114(41.3%) current smokers were in pre-contemplation, 110(39.9%) in contemplation, and 52(18.8%) in the preparation stage. There was a higher percentage of males than females (chi-square=8.99, p=.011) in the preparation stage. The mean score of the smoking-related attitude (F=7.43, p=.001) and subjective norm(F=27.41, p=.001) were both lowest in the pre-contemplation stage and increased positively during the stages of change for smoking cessation. CONCLUSION: Based on these findings, the authors recommend that community-based smoking cessation programs should be developed by considering the intention or motives of current smokers and should be initiated in the preparation stage and primarily for male groups.
