The effect of online motivational interviewing on pregnant women's smoking cessation behaviour: A randomized
Betul Esra Cevik1, Semra Kocatas2
1Susehri Health School Nursing Department, Sivas Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey.
Purpose:
This study aims to examine the effect of online individual motivational interviewing based on the transtheoretical model on pregnant women's smoking cessation behaviour.
Material And Method:
Sixty-two pregnant women who did not complete the 16th gestational week and who smoked were randomly assigned to intervention (n = 31) and control (n = 31) groups. While the intervention group was administered model-based motivational individual counselling interventions, the control group was administered no interventions.
Findings:
The results showed that 58.1% of the pregnant women in the intervention group and 22.6% of the pregnant women in the control group ceased smoking.
Conclusion:
Online motivational interviewing based on the transtheoretical model was found to be effective in pregnant women's smoking cessation.
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