Alduraywish Shatha A, Alnofaie Meaad F, Alrajhi Balqes F, Balsharaf Fatima A, Alblaihed Sarah S, Alsowigh Alaa A, Alotaibi Wafa S, Aldakheel Fahad M
Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz Research Chair for Epidemiology and Public Health, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
BMC Public Health. 2021 May 5;21(1):868. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-10924-4.
Group therapy assists individuals in learning many behavioral techniques for smoking cessation and providing each other with mutual support. Group behavior therapy is not routinely provided as a modality of tobacco cessation assistance in tobacco cessation clinics in Saudi Arabia despite it is effectiveness. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude, and beliefs toward group behavior therapy programs among male adults who attend smoking cessation clinics and to identify the associated factors.
A cross-sectional study was conducted with a targeted sample of 229 males aged 18 and above who were attending smoking cessation clinics. The participants were randomly selected. Data were collected using a paper-based questionnaire. One-way ANOVA and chi-square test were used for statistical analysis.
Results showed a high percentage of the study participants were in the age group of 21-40 years. Most of them were consuming 10-20 cigarettes per day. Around 79% of the participants had previous attempted to quit smoking. This study demonstrated a deficit in knowledge about group behavior therapy. The mean score for attitude and beliefs was 5.3 out of 11. Multiple factors influenced their attitudes and beliefs, such as previous attempts to quit smoking (p-value < 0.05) and the number of cigarettes used per day (p-value = 0.03). The knowledge was found to be affected by the level of education (p-value = 0.04).
The study demonstrates a deficit in knowledge about group behavior therapy and it shows that the level of education was associated with the knowledge. Additionally, previous attempts to quit smoking and the number of cigarettes used per day, influenced the participants' attitude and beliefs toward group behavioral therapy. Increase awareness about the role of group behavior therapy in smoking cessation is required before this method is implemented in the routine practice.
团体治疗有助于个体学习许多戒烟的行为技巧，并相互提供支持。尽管团体行为疗法有效，但在沙特阿拉伯的戒烟诊所中，它并非常规提供的戒烟辅助方式。因此，本研究旨在评估参加戒烟诊所的成年男性对团体行为治疗项目的知识、态度和信念，并确定相关因素。
对229名年龄在18岁及以上、参加戒烟诊所的男性进行了一项横断面研究。参与者是随机选取的。使用纸质问卷收集数据。采用单因素方差分析和卡方检验进行统计分析。
结果显示，研究参与者中很大一部分处于21 - 40岁年龄组。他们中的大多数人每天吸食10 - 20支香烟。约79%的参与者此前曾尝试戒烟。本研究表明，关于团体行为疗法的知识存在不足。态度和信念的平均得分在11分制中为5.3分。多种因素影响了他们的态度和信念，如先前的戒烟尝试（p值<0.05）和每天吸烟的数量（p值 = 0.03）。发现知识受教育程度的影响（p值 = 0.04）。
该研究表明，关于团体行为疗法的知识存在不足，且显示教育程度与知识相关。此外，先前的戒烟尝试和每天吸烟的数量影响了参与者对团体行为疗法的态度和信念。在将这种方法应用于常规实践之前，需要提高对团体行为疗法在戒烟中作用的认识。
