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12596085

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3-4
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-2-21
pubmed:abstractText
The "Five-Day Plan to Stop Smoking" (FDP) is an educational group technique for smoking cessation. We studied a cohort of 123 smokers (55 men, 68 women, mean age 42 years) who participated in 11 successive FDP sessions held in Switzerland between 1995 and 1998 and who were followed up for at least 12 months by telephone or direct interview. Overall, 102 of the 123 subjects (83%) had stopped smoking by the end of the FDP, and self-declared smoking cessation rate was 25% after one year. The following factors potentially associated with outcome were studied: age, sex, smoking habit duration, cigarettes per day, Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND), group size, and medical presence among the group leaders. Smoking habit duration was the only variable which showed a statistically significant association with success: the rate of smoking cessation was higher among patients who had smoked for less than 20 years (34.7% vs. 18.9%, p = 0.049). Stress was the most common cause of relapse. The FDP appears to be an effective smoking cessation therapy. Propositions are made in order to improve the success rate of future sessions.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1424-7860
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
25
pubmed:volume
133
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
39-43
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-2-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Five-day plan for smoking cessation using group behaviour therapy.
pubmed:affiliation
University Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Avenue de la Gare 6, CH-1003 Lausanne, Switzerland. mfrikart@bluewin.ch
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article