Effectiveness of the spirometry-based motivational intervention to quit smoking: RESET randomised trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The effectiveness of providing feedback on spirometry results for smoking cessation remains inconclusive according to the current evidence.

Objectives

To assess the effectiveness of a motivational intervention based on spirometry results in achieving prolonged smoking abstinence (12 months post-intervention).

Design and setting

A randomised, controlled, observer-blinded, multicentre clinical trial was conducted (from January 2012 to December 2015) in 20 primary healthcare centres in the Tarragona province, Spain.

Methods

Participants, active smokers aged 35-70 without known respiratory disease, were recruited from primary healthcare centres by family doctors and nurses. They were randomly assigned to either the intervention group (IG = 308) or the co

SUBMITTER: Martin-Lujan F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10631381 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature