Schöttl Stefanie E, Scheibner Laura, Frühauf Anika, Kopp-Wilfling Prisca, Edlinger Monika, Holzner Bernhard, Kopp Martin
Department of Sport Science, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Psychiatry I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
Front Public Health. 2025 May 16;13:1589719. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1589719. eCollection 2025.
Several smoking cessation methods are available, but the approaches were originally developed for the general population and are often applied to people with mental health problems. To address the needs of smokers with and without mental health problems for an exercise-assisted smoking cessation program, it seems necessary to know more about potentially different perspectives on what prevents them from quitting, how to increase motivation to quit, and how such a program is perceived.
In this study, an online survey was conducted to assess preferences for an exercise-assisted smoking cessation program, reasons for smoking, barriers, motives, and need of support for quitting smoking. A total of 257 smokers took part in the study, 82 reported mental health problems.
In addition to significant differences in sociodemographic and smoking-related characteristics between smokers with and without mental health problems, regression analyses revealed that factors such as age, BMI, and confidence in quitting were associated with smoking cessation behavior in the total sample. Significant differences were found between the two groups in their reasons for smoking, barriers, motives, and support for quitting. While both groups preferred an exercise-assisted smoking cessation program to last 10-11 weeks with a frequency of 2 to 3 days a week, smokers with mental health problems favored shorter exercise sessions and would choose walking or dancing as helpful exercise.
Due to different addiction-related variables and preferences, a special smoking cessation program combined with exercise for smokers with mental health problems should be developed and tested for effectiveness in clinical trials.
有多种戒烟方法可供选择，但这些方法最初是为普通人群开发的，现在常常应用于有心理健康问题的人群。为了满足有或没有心理健康问题的吸烟者对运动辅助戒烟计划的需求，似乎有必要更多地了解他们在戒烟阻碍、如何提高戒烟动力以及对该计划的看法等方面可能存在的不同观点。
在本研究中，开展了一项在线调查，以评估对运动辅助戒烟计划的偏好、吸烟原因、障碍、动机以及戒烟所需支持。共有257名吸烟者参与了该研究，其中82人报告有心理健康问题。
除了有和没有心理健康问题的吸烟者在社会人口统计学和吸烟相关特征方面存在显著差异外，回归分析显示，年龄、体重指数和戒烟信心等因素与总样本中的戒烟行为相关。两组在吸烟原因、障碍、动机和戒烟支持方面存在显著差异。虽然两组都倾向于运动辅助戒烟计划持续10 - 11周，每周进行2至3天，但有心理健康问题的吸烟者更喜欢较短的运动时间，并会选择散步或跳舞作为有益的运动方式。
由于与成瘾相关的变量和偏好不同，应该为有心理健康问题的吸烟者制定一个结合运动的特殊戒烟计划，并在临床试验中测试其有效性。
