Abstract
Objective: We devised a “Smoking-Cessation Motivation Program” as a community welfare service aimed at making short-term improvements in social nicotine dependence and enhancing the willingness to stop smoking among people with mental disorders. Method: The study conducted a controlled trial to empirically examine the effects of the program on the willingness to stop smoking and social nicotine dependence among 26 smokers with mental disorders in the intervention group, who were compared with a control group of 16 individuals. Results: Results demonstrated the program’s effectiveness in reducing social nicotine dependence, and a variance analysis with age as the covariate evidenced a mutual interaction between social nicotine dependence and the willingness to stop smoking, confidence to stop smoking, and resisting the temptation to smoke. Conclusion: Future studies should examine longer-term program results, the impact of program duration, and other factors that influence the program’s effectiveness.
Highlights
We devised a program aimed at improving social nicotine dependence and improvement in the willingness to quit smoking in a short period of time among people with mental disorders with low interest in smoking-cessation
The purpose of this study was to implement a program that targeted people with a psychotic disorder and patients with mental disorders to examine the level of social nicotine dependence and the effects of willingness to quit smoking through a controlled trial
Most participants received FTND scores greater than seven points, denoting high physical nicotine dependence, and Tobacco Dependence Screener (TDS) scores for a number of participants significantly exceeded five points considered indicative of nicotine dependence
Summary
People with mental disorders desire smoking-cessation treatments [2]. As a meta-analysis states, “smoking-cessation treatments including the use of group cognitive behavior therapy and smoking-cessation medication are effective against psychiatric disorders as well. Effective psychotherapy methods have not been established in meta-analyses” [3] [4] [5]. Schizophrenic patients have language learning disorders [6]. We devise a smoking-cessation motivation program considering these weaknesses and experiential learning to reduce the social nicotine dependence of people with mental disorders using role play to enhance participants’ smoking-cessation motivation
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