Concordance of Self-Reported Abstinence and Measurement of Expired Air Carbon Monoxide in a Self-Help Smoking Cessation Treatment

Becoña, Elisardo; Varela, María del Carmen Míguez

doi:10.2466/pr0.99.1.125-130

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“…A Micro CO Medical Monitor was used to measure carbon monoxide (CO) in expired air, for objective verification of self-reported abstinence [(CO) ≤ 4 parts per million] at pretreatment and follow-up (Becoña & Míguez, 2006). In all cases, CO measurement was carried out by treatment personnel.…”

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Effectiveness of Three Intensities of Smoking Cessation Treatment in Primary Care

et al. 2009

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The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of three smoking cessation programs of varying intensity applied in a primary care setting. Participants were 89 individuals randomly assigned to one of three treatment groups: brief counseling plus information pamphlet, self-help program with telephone follow-up, and intensive behavioral treatment. At the 12-mo. follow-up, intensive behavioral treatment (42.8% abstinence) was more effective than the self-help program (27.5%), which was in turn more effective than counseling (12.9%). Continued abstinence was also higher in the intensive treatment group (37.9%) than in the self-help (17.2%) and the counseling groups (9.7%), although these differences only reached statistical significance in the first and third of these groups. Treatment adherence was higher in the intensive behavioral group (82.8% of participants attended all the sessions) than in the self-help group (61.8% completed the program). The results appear to confirm a dose-response effect in the treatment of smokers and indicate satisfactory acceptability of intensive behavioral programs applied in primary care.

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confidence: 99%