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Evaluation of Patients in a Smoking Cessation Support Group Using the Nursing Outcomes Classification
Vanessa Monteiro Mantovani1, Alba Luz Rodríguez Acelas2, Solange Klockner Boaz3
1School of Nursing, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Nurse at the Hospital São Lucas, Member of the Nursing Research Group on the Care of Adults and the Elderly (GEPECADI-CNPq), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Purpose:
To evaluate patients in a smoking cessation support group using the Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC).
Methods:
Prospective observational cohort study conducted with 21 patients participating in a smoking cessation support group. Data were collected using an instrument consisting of 2 NOC outcomes and 20 indicators, applied during each of the six support group meetings.
Findings:
The two NOC outcomes, Smoking Cessation Behavior (1625) and Substance Withdrawal Severity (2108), showed statistically significant differences over time in many of their indicators.
Conclusions:
The NOC outcomes demonstrated the clinical evolution and behavioral improvement of patients during the smoking cessation process.
Implications For Nursing Practice:
The findings highlight important elements of the evaluation of behavioral change and severity of withdrawal symptoms.
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