The Effectiveness of Mindfulness-based Intervention on Smoking Cessation

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The present study will carry out a workplace health promotion via MBI to help smoking workers to quit smoking.

Detailed Description
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The present study will carry out a workplace health promotion via MBI to help smoking workers to quit smoking. The study will adopt a longitudinal research design with randomized quasi-experimental trial. The smoking workers will recruited and be randomly assigned to Group A (one lesson of health education on smoking cessation and six lessons of MBI) or Group B (one lesson of health education on smoking cessation and six lessons of physical fitness). There will be 50 participants in each group. Data will be collected five times.

Official Title
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A Pilot Study of the Effectiveness of Mindfulness-based Intervention on Smoking Cessation: a Workplace Health-promoting Program

Conditions
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Smoking Cessation

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Mindfulness-based Intervention
* Behavioral: Physical fitness intervention


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: volunteered employees with heavy smoker Full-time paid workers Exclusion Criteria: Age < 20y or > 65y Part-time workers The workers are not willing to take part in the study

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 20 Years
Maximum Age: 65 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Treatment
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Mindfulness-based Intervention<br>1 session of health education regrading the harms from smoking and 6 sessions of Mindfulness-based intervention, 1 hour each session. | Behavioral: Mindfulness-based Intervention<br>* mindful breath, body scan, sitting meditation and walking meditation and so on.<br>|
| Active Comparator: Physical Fitness intervention<br>1 session of health education regrading the harms from smoking and 6 sessions of physical fitness and stretch exercise, 1 hour each session. | Behavioral: Physical fitness intervention<br>* giving the lessons of stretch exercise, aerobics to strength muscle and lung fuctions.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nicotine dependence level | Fagerstrom Dependence Questionnaire was adopted to assess the level of Nicotine dependence | Up to 8 months | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Self-reported stress | 10 items of Perceived Stress Scale was adopted to assess the level of perceived stress. This scale uses the Likert five-point scoring method, from 0-4. The higher scores indicate higher pressure levels. | Up to 8 months | 
| Psychological distress | Psychological distress was measured by the Chinese Health Questionnaire (CHQ-12), a well-validated instrument. A total of 12 items using the Likert four-point scoring method, with scores ranged from 0-36. The higher scores indicates higher level of psychological distress. | Up to 8 months | 
| the Level of mindfulness | Measuring the level of Mindfulness, using the Likert five-point scoring method, a total of 39 questions, including the five concepts, namely: awareness (8 questions), description (8 questions), non-judging (8 questions), observation (8 questions), and non-reaction (7 questions). The higher scores indicate higher levels of mindfulness. | Up to 8 months | 
| the level of CO | The Smokerlyzer was adopted to assess the participants' CO level. <5ppm indicates nonsmoker; 5 7ppm indicates lighter smokers; ≧8ppm indicates heavy smokers. | Up to 8 months |