Smoking behavior, nicotine dependency, and motivation to cessation among smokers in the preparation stage of change.
| Autor: | Eslami AA; Ph D in Health Education, Department of Health Education and Health promotion, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran ., Charkazi A, Mostafavi F, Shahnazi H, Badeleh MT, Sharifirad GR |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Journal of education and health promotion [J Educ Health Promot] 2012; Vol. 1, pp. 47. Date of Electronic Publication: 2012 Dec 19. |
| DOI: | 10.4103/2277-9531.104818 |
| Abstrakt: | Objective: To investigate selected constructs of the transtheoretical model (TTM) of behavior change regarding smoking behavior among people in the preparation stage, as well as motivation for cessation and nicotine dependency. Methods: A convenience sample of 123 smokers, during between June to and September 2011, completed the Persian version of the short form of a smoking questionnaire based on TTM, the Fagerstrom nicotine dependence test, and the motivational test. Results: Motivation for cessation was great (16.35 ± 2.45). The negative affects of self-efficacy were higher than those to other situations (4.02 ± 0.84). The pros and cons of smoking were 2.69 ± 1.00 and 3.78 ± 0.78, respectively. Temptation was influenced by nicotine dependency (P < 0.05). Early initiation of smoking was significantly associated with severe nicotine dependency (P < 0.05). Conclusion: The results confirm the role of temptation, increase in the cons, decrease in the pros, and nicotine dependency. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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