Effect of Stress-management and Biofeedback on Craving in Smoking Abstinence: A Pilot Study

Craving is one of the most prominent reasons for relapse after smoking cessation. Mainly pharmacological aids (NRT, bupropion, varenicline) try to counter this condition. This project aims to evaluate the effect of stress-management and a short breathing technique, reinforced by means of visualisation , on the experience of craving in smokers who are prepared to stay abstinent for at least 3 hours before the start of the intervention. It is expected that this strategy can provide supplementary gains in craving control.

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Key information

Conditions

Smoking Cessation Behavior Health Behavior

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Primary location

University Hospital Ghent

Ghent, Belgium

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

smokers (at least 10 cigarettes/day);
18 years of age or older;
prepared to stay abstinent for 3 hours before the start of the session;
not prepared to stop smoking;
Dutch speaking.

Exclusion criteria

acute health related problems;
psychiatric co-morbidities;
quit attempts in the past 3 months;
participation in other clinical trials.

Treatment and study plan

Breathing technique

Behavioral

breathing technique as a stress management technique, reinforced by biofeedback

behavioral strategies

Behavioral

the control group reads a paper on the properties and components of tobacco and on behavioural strategies to cope with craving

Primary outcomes

Craving at the end of each of two (learning) sessions;

Time frame: 1 day

Measurement by means of participant's estimation of feelings of smoking urge and smoking craving (by means of the Minnesota Nicotine Withdrawal Scale) before and immeadiately after each of two intervention sessions)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University Hospital, Ghent

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2010
Primary completion: 2011
Study completion: 2011
First posted: Mar 3, 2010
Registry last updated: Dec 2, 2011

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