An intensive group therapy programme for smoking cessation using nicotine patch and internet mailing supports in a university setting

Hotta, Katsuyuki; Kinumi, K.; Naito, Kazuhide; Kuroki, K.; Sakane, Hideo; Imai, A.; Kobayashi, Minoru; Ohnishi, Masayuki; Ogura, Toshio; Miura, Hirotaka; Takahashi, Yuko; Tobe, Kazuo

doi:10.1111/j.1742-1241.2007.01466.x

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“…The study with the greatest intervention effect also had the highest intervention adherence rate [31]. In this study, 50% quit rate was achieved among University staff who participated in a multi-component cessation program.…”

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“…Among the randomized studies, 16 were largely internet-based[13]–[28], while the other 2 were multi-component studies[29], [30]. Similarly, 2 of the 10 interventions (11 studies) in the pre-post group had multiple components[31], [32], while the others were largely internet-based [12], [33]–[40]. Summary of the studies included in the review categorized according to the two main designs used can be found in tables 2 and 3.…”

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“…Three follow-up studies that measured smoking cessation all showed significant intervention effects though they were all assessed to be of low-quality[31], [34], [39]. The study with the greatest intervention effect also had the highest intervention adherence rate [31].…”

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A Systematic Review of Internet-Based Worksite Wellness Approaches for Cardiovascular Disease Risk Management: Outcomes, Challenges & Opportunities

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ContextThe internet is gaining popularity as a means of delivering employee-based cardiovascular (CV) wellness interventions though little is known about the cardiovascular health outcomes of these programs. In this review, we examined the effectiveness of internet-based employee cardiovascular wellness and prevention programs.Evidence AcquisitionWe conducted a systematic review by searching PubMed, Web of Science and Cochrane library for all published studies on internet-based programs aimed at improving CV health among employees up to November 2012. We grouped the outcomes according to the American Heart Association (AHA) indicators of cardiovascular wellbeing – weight, BP, lipids, smoking, physical activity, diet, and blood glucose.Evidence SynthesisA total of 18 randomized trials and 11 follow-up studies met our inclusion/exclusion criteria. Follow-up duration ranged from 6 – 24 months. There were significant differences in intervention types and number of components in each intervention. Modest improvements were observed in more than half of the studies with weight related outcomes while no improvement was seen in virtually all the studies with physical activity outcome. In general, internet-based programs were more successful if the interventions also included some physical contact and environmental modification, and if they were targeted at specific disease entities such as hypertension. Only a few of the studies were conducted in persons at-risk for CVD, none in blue-collar workers or low-income earners.ConclusionInternet based programs hold promise for improving the cardiovascular wellness among employees however much work is required to fully understand its utility and long term impact especially in special/at-risk populations.

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A Systematic Review of Internet-Based Worksite Wellness Approaches for Cardiovascular Disease Risk Management: Outcomes, Challenges & Opportunities

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“…Successful employer-based cessation programmes generally take two approaches, linking them to policies such as workplace smoking bans,64 65 and offering incentives to quit such as free NRT 66 67. Learning from earlier studies on incentives,68 some employers combine monetary incentives with counselling 69 70.…”

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Interventions to increase smoking cessation at the population level: how much progress has been made in the last two decades?

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This paper reviews the literature on smoking cessation interventions, with a focus on the last twenty years (1991 to 2010). These two decades witnessed major development in a wide range of cessation interventions, from pharmacotherapy to tobacco price increases. It was expected that these interventions would work conjointly to increase the cessation rate on the population level. This paper examines population data from the U.S., from 1991 to 2010, using the National Health Interview Surveys. Results indicate there is no consistent trend of increase in the population cessation rate over the last two decades. Various explanations are presented for this lack of improvement, and the key concept of Impact = Effectiveness × Reach is critically examined. Finally, it suggests that the field of cessation has focused so much on developing and promoting interventions to improve smokers’ odds of success that it has largely neglected to investigate how to get more smokers to try to quit and to try more frequently. Future research should examine whether increasing the rate of quit attempts would be key to improving the population cessation rate.

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“…In accordance to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) Article 14, governments should make smoking cessation easily accessible for would-be quitters. Unfortunately, only a quarter of the 181 WHO FCTC signatories have designated budgets for smoking cessation 14 . Tobacco control interventions have had a positive outcome in high-income Asian countries such as Japan, South Korea and Singapore, but the results have not been replicated in low- and middle-income countries such as China and India 15 .…”

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A systematic review of group therapy programs for smoking cessation in Asian countries

Mohamed¹,

Bullen

Hairi³

et al. 2021

Tob. Induc. Dis.

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INTRODUCTION Tobacco causes more than 8 million deaths each year. Behavioral interventions such as group therapy, which provides counselling for smoking cessation, can be delivered in group form and smokers who receive cessation counselling are more likely to quit smoking compared to no assistance. We review the evidence of group-based counselling for smoking cessation for smokers in Asian countries. METHODS The review aims to determine the availability of group-based therapy for smoking cessation in Asian countries. The outcome measured was abstinence from smoking following group therapy. Electronic database searches in PubMed, OVID Medline, SCOPUS, Google Scholar, and PsycINFO, using keywords such as: ‘smoking’, ‘cigarette’, ‘tobacco’, ‘nicotine’, ‘group therapy’ and ‘cessation’ (smok*, *cigarette*, tobacco, nicotine, group therap*, cessation) were used. The results were reported following PRISMA and PROSPERO guidelines. Review Manager was used for data analysis. RESULTS A total of 21251 records were retrieved for screening the abstracts. In all, 300 articles for review were identified and assessed for eligibility. Nine articles, including Cochrane reviews, randomized control trials, cohort, observational and cross-sectional studies, were included in the final review. There were three observational qualitative studies, two prospective cohort studies, two crosssectional studies, one non-randomized quasi-experimental study and a single cluster-randomized, controlled trial. Group therapy was found to significantly increase the abstinence rate. Group therapy provided at the workplace, smoking cessation services, availability of pharmacotherapy, and socioeconomic status, appear to be key factors determining success. CONCLUSIONS Evidence of the use of group therapy for smoking cessation in Asian countries is still lacking despite publications in the Western population showed that group therapy was effective. Further research on group-based interventions for smoking cessation in Asian countries is required and direct one-to-one comparisons between group therapy and individual therapy for smokers who want to quit smoking, are needed.

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An intensive group therapy programme for smoking cessation using nicotine patch and internet mailing supports in a university setting

Abstract: This study suggests that our programme in a university setting seems to be effective mainly because of peer-supports among the participants through regular face-to-face meetings and their own mailing supports.

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A Systematic Review of Internet-Based Worksite Wellness Approaches for Cardiovascular Disease Risk Management: Outcomes, Challenges & Opportunities

A Systematic Review of Internet-Based Worksite Wellness Approaches for Cardiovascular Disease Risk Management: Outcomes, Challenges & Opportunities

Interventions to increase smoking cessation at the population level: how much progress has been made in the last two decades?

A systematic review of group therapy programs for smoking cessation in Asian countries

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