Title | Strike while the iron is hot: Can stepped-care treatments resurrect relapsing smokers? |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2001 |
Authors | Smith, SS, Jorenby, DE, Fiore, MC, Anderson, JE, Mielke, MM, Beach, KE, Piasecki, TM, Baker, TB |
Journal | Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology |
Volume | 69 |
Pagination | 429-439 |
Date Published | Jun |
Publication Language | eng |
ISBN Number | 0022-006X (Print)0022-006X (Linking) |
Accession Number | 11495172 |
Keywords | *Cognitive Therapy, *Motivation, *Psychotherapy, Brief, *Psychotherapy, Group, Administration, Cutaneous, Adult, Combined Modality Therapy, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Nicotine/administration & dosage, Recurrence, Smoking Cessation/*methods/psychology |
Abstract | The efficacies of 2 group counseling step-up treatments for smoking cessation, cognitive-behavioral/skill training therapy (CBT) and motivational interviewing/supportive (MIS) therapy, were compared with brief intervention (BI) treatment in a sample of 677 smokers. Differential efficacy of the 2 step-up treatments was also tested in smokers at low and high risk for relapse (no smoking vs. any smoking during the first postquit week. respectively). All participants received 8 weeks of nicotine patch therapy. BI consisted of 3 brief individual cessation counseling sessions; CBT and MIS participants received BI treatment and 6 group counseling sessions. Neither CBT nor MIS treatment improved long-term abstinence rates relative to BI. Limited support was found for the hypothesis that high-risk smokers would benefit more from MIS than CBT. Other hypotheses were not supported. |
URL | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=11495172 |