Community-based group intervention for tobacco cessation in rural Tamil Nadu, India: A cluster randomized trial

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• 作者：Muthusamy Santhosh Kumar ; M.P.H.^a ; ^b ; ^{drsanthosmph09@gmail.com} ; P. Sankara Sarma ; Ph.D.^a ; ^{sarma@sctimst.ac.in} ; Kavumpurathu Raman Thankappan ; M.D. ; M.P.H.^a ; ^{kavumpurathu@yahoo.com} ; ^{thank@sctimst.ac.in}
• 关键词：Tobacco use cessation ; Health education ; Group counseling ; Rural population ; India
• 刊名：Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：174_07405472
• 类别：med
• 出版时间：July, 2012
• 卷：43
• 期：1
• 页码：53-60
• 文件大小：395 K

摘要

The objective of this study was to determine the efficacy of community-based group intervention for tobacco cessation. We recruited 400 men (20-40 years) currently using any form of tobacco from 20 villages of the Indian State of Tamil Nadu and randomized them equally into intervention and control groups. A physician offered two sessions of health education 5 weeks apart along with self-help material on tobacco cessation to the intervention group. The control group received only self-help material. The contents of the sessions included tobacco-related health problems, benefits of quitting, and coping strategies for withdrawal symptoms. Follow-up data were available for 92%. Self-reported point prevalence abstinence of 12.5%in the intervention group was significantly higher than the 6.0%in the control group at 2 months. Community-based group intervention has the potential to increase the coverage of tobacco cessation services for men in rural Tamil Nadu.