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Effects of Deep Breathing,Self-Help Book in Cigarette Consumption,Anxiety,Depression and Motivation to Stop Smoking

NCT02693561 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 85

Last updated 2016-02-29

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Summary

Smoking is an important public health issue. The self help books may have important motivational implications which associated with deep breath exercises could cease the habit. Goals: Verify the effectiveness of the deep breaths exercises from the self help books along with the two motivational interventions to quit smoking on the anxiety, depression and daily consumption levels. Method: The study will be both prospective and controlled. Individuals will be distributed randomly in 4 different groups: The first group will be doing the deep breath exercises, the second group will read a self help book, the third group will do both reading and exercises and the fourth group will be the control. Anxiety, depression, motivational level and the cigarettes daily consumption will be evaluated previously and after the 15 days intervention. Expected results: Decreasing in anxiety, depression and cigarette consumption plus an increase in the motivation to quit smoking.

Conditions

  • Smoking Cessation

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Deep Breathing Exercises

Technical Deep Breathing: Deep breathing is to deep breath and slowly through the nostrils until total lung capacity. At the end of inspiration is kept a few seconds of apnea and started after the expiration slowly. End-expiratory apnea will remain a few seconds to start new inspiration cycle. With this process the individual breathe about 6 times per minute. Breath learning occurs through visual feedback. In the intervention group will be held deep breathing for 10 minutes. Subjects will be instructed to deep breath for 10 minutes 2 times a day for 15 days beyond the period in which they cleft, which is one of the symptoms of withdrawal syndrome. Control and frequency of deep breathing will be obtained weekly through specific daily fill, which will be provided weekly.

BEHAVIORAL

Self-Help Book

Reading the self-help book.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Anhembi Morumbi University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Iris Ueda · Anhembi Morumbi University

  • Igor Polonio · Anhembi Morumbi University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
30 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-01-31
Primary Completion
2016-02-29
Completion
2016-08-31

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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