Ismail Suriani, Abdul Rahman Hejar, Abidin Emelia Zainal, Isha Ahmad Sharul Nizam, Abu Bakar Sallehuddin, Zulkifley Nur Aishah, Fuad Ahmad Farhan Ahmad
Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
Qatar Med J. 2017 Feb 7;2016(2):16. doi: 10.5339/qmj.2016.16. eCollection 2016.
To study the effects of a faith-based smoking cessation intervention during Ramadan among Malay male smokers working in public offices. This was a quasi-experimental study conducted during Ramadan 2015. The intervention was developed based on the constructs within the Theory of Planned Behaviour. The intervention intended to increase the intention and the perceived behaviour control to stop smoking among Muslim smokers during Ramadan. The outcomes measured were changes in the Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence score and saliva cotinine levels. Data were collected at baseline (5 days before Ramadan), during Ramadan (21st day of Ramadan) and post-Ramadan (21 days after Ramadan). Statistical tests to examine changes within and between groups were carried out and the significance level was set at < 0.05. During Ramadan, the saliva cotinine level decreased significantly in both groups ( = 0.001 in the control group and = < 0.001 in the intervention group). However, after Ramadan, it remained significant only in the intervention group ( = 0.025). A significant change between the groups was only noticed during Ramadan ( = 0.049). The reduction in the saliva cotinine level was found to be more sustainable post-Ramadan in the intervention group. This finding could indicate the positive effect of using this culturally-competent intervention to encourage smoking cessation during Ramadan.
为研究斋月期间针对在公共部门工作的马来男性吸烟者开展的基于信仰的戒烟干预措施的效果。这是一项于2015年斋月期间进行的准实验性研究。该干预措施是基于计划行为理论中的概念制定的。该干预旨在提高穆斯林吸烟者在斋月期间戒烟的意愿和感知行为控制能力。所测量的结果是尼古丁依赖程度的法格斯特龙测试得分和唾液可替宁水平的变化。数据在基线期（斋月前5天）、斋月期间（斋月第21天）和斋月后（斋月后21天）收集。进行了检验组内和组间变化的统计测试，显著性水平设定为<0.05。在斋月期间，两组的唾液可替宁水平均显著下降（对照组P = 0.001，干预组P < 0.001）。然而，斋月过后，仅干预组仍保持显著下降（P = 0.025）。仅在斋月期间观察到两组之间有显著变化（P = 0.049）。发现干预组在斋月后唾液可替宁水平的下降更具持续性。这一发现可能表明采用这种具有文化适应性的干预措施在斋月期间鼓励戒烟具有积极效果。
