The Effects and Measures of Auricular Acupressure and Interactive Multimedia for Smoking Cessation in College Students
Joint Authors
Wang, Pei-Lan
Chung, Mei-Ling
Lin, Jaung Geng
Yeh, Mei-Ling
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-06-02
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The earlier one starts to smoke, the more likely it is that one’s tobacco use will increase.
Either auricular acupressure or multimedia education could improve physiological health status and reduce smoking for young smokers.
This study aimed to evaluate the effects of a 10-week auricular acupressure (AA) and interactive multimedia (IM) on smoking cessation in college smokers.
A pre- and posttest control research design with two experiments (AA and IM) and one control was used.
Thirty-two participants were in each of three groups.
A significant difference from pretest to posttest among three groups was exhibited on carbon monoxide (CO), cotinine, and nicotine dependence.
Scheffe’s post hoc test found significances on CO in the AA between the IM and the control and cotinine and nicotine dependence between the AA and the control.
After controlling the covariates, the main effect of the group was no difference in all outcomes.
The interventions, especially AA, may contribute to a decrease of CO, cotinine, and nicotine dependence along with the time change.
An analysis without controlling influences may overestimate interventional effects.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Yeh, Mei-Ling& Wang, Pei-Lan& Lin, Jaung Geng& Chung, Mei-Ling. 2014. The Effects and Measures of Auricular Acupressure and Interactive Multimedia for Smoking Cessation in College Students. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1035441
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Yeh, Mei-Ling…[et al.]. The Effects and Measures of Auricular Acupressure and Interactive Multimedia for Smoking Cessation in College Students. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1035441
American Medical Association (AMA)
Yeh, Mei-Ling& Wang, Pei-Lan& Lin, Jaung Geng& Chung, Mei-Ling. The Effects and Measures of Auricular Acupressure and Interactive Multimedia for Smoking Cessation in College Students. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1035441
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1035441