Reddy Uday Kumar, Siyo Rasool Karim Nizaro, Ul Haque Mohamed Abrar, Basavaraja Harsha, Acharya Bailore Lakshmikantha Guruprasanna, Divakar Darshan Devang
Department of Public Health Dentistry, Government Dental College and Research Institute, Ballari, Karnataka, India.
Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, KMCT Dental College, Mallappuram, Kerala, India.
J Int Soc Prev Community Dent. 2015 Dec;5(Suppl 2):S93-S100. doi: 10.4103/2231-0762.172949.
Objectives of the study were to assess the prevalence of tobacco use among the degree students of Oxford institutions in Bangalore city, offer a tobacco cessation intervention for tobacco users among the degree students, and assess the effectiveness of intervention by comparing with the control group.
A randomized control trial was conducted to assess the prevalence of tobacco use and the effectiveness of tobacco cessation behavioral intervention offered to degree students of Oxford institutions in Bangalore city. Then were randomly selected and divided into 55 students in the study group (group A) and 60 students in the control group (group B).
The effect of intervention of tobacco cessation in group A showed an increase of 29.1% students who stopped using tobacco completely after intervention compared to 15% in group B, and the highest reduction of 21.8% change was noticed in the students using one to five tobacco products per day and the least reduction in percentage (1.8%) change was noticed in the students using one tobacco product per day.
Findings from the present study suggest that the intervention has suggestive significance on tobacco intervention.
本研究的目的是评估班加罗尔市牛津机构学位学生中的烟草使用流行情况，为学位学生中的烟草使用者提供戒烟干预措施，并通过与对照组比较来评估干预措施的有效性。
进行了一项随机对照试验，以评估班加罗尔市牛津机构学位学生中的烟草使用流行情况以及所提供的戒烟行为干预措施的有效性。随机选取并分为研究组（A组）55名学生和对照组（B组）60名学生。
A组戒烟干预的效果显示，干预后完全停止使用烟草的学生增加了29.1%，而B组为15%；每天使用1至5种烟草制品的学生减少幅度最大，变化率为21.8%，每天使用1种烟草制品的学生减少幅度最小，变化率为1.8%。
本研究结果表明该干预措施对烟草干预具有提示意义。
