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Observational studyMedicine2018

A retrospective study of smoking cessation intervention among university students.

Yong Yang, Ge Jin, Li-Yan Yao, Ying-Ying Niu

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Observational study in Medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 41% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yong YangDepartment of Experimental Center Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene Department of Labor and Environmental Hygiene, School of Public Health, Mudanjiang Medical University, Mudanjiang, China.
Ge Jin
Li-Yan Yao
Ying-Ying Niu
Mudanjiang Medical University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This retrospective study investigated the effect of smoking cessation intervention (SCI) among university students in China.Around 192 eligible smokers among university students were included, and were assigned to an intervention group (n = 100), and a control group (n = 92). All included subjects in both groups were recommended to increase fruits and vegetables consumptions. Additionally, participants in the intervention group also underwent SCI therapy for a total of 4 weeks. The outcome measurements consisted of a number of students quit smoking, daily cigarettes, quit attempts, mean days of smoking in the past 30 days, and also stage of change.After 4-week treatment, SCI neither can decrease the number of students quit smoking (P = .21), daily cigarettes (P = .21), quit attempts (P = .07), and mean days of smoking in past 30 days (P = .77), nor can enhance the stage of change (precontemplation, P = .18; contemplation, P = .59; preparation, P = .46).The results of this study showed that after 4-week therapy, SCI may be ineffective for smokers among university students in Chinese.

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AdolescentAdultChinaHumansOutcome Assessment, Health CareRetrospective StudiesSmokingSmoking CessationStudentsUniversitiesYoung Adult

Identifiers

PMID29952996
PMCPMC6039590
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