Comparison of individual and group smoking cessation interventions of the given to workers at the kozlu hardcoal institution

ABSTRACT Introduction: With variety health and safety risks in the workplace, cigarettes can lead to negative results. In the research, it was determined that an important part of the mine workers smoke. Aim: In this study, It was aimed to compare the smoking cessation cases of workers after the applied individual and group smoking cessation intervention. Material and Methods: In the cross-sectional design which is the first phase of study, 877 of 1045 workers who agree to participate in the study have created sample and questionnaire was applied. At the second stage which is the experimental type, 128 workers; participating in the first phase, smoking and ready to quit smoking were randomly divided into two groups of 64 people each by simple random method as group and individual smoking cessation interventions will be implemented ones. The same Guidance was applied to both groups. At the follow-ups, The smoking cessation of workers have been identified at 6th month reaching by telephone. Statistical analyses were performed with SPSS 19.0 software. Results: The average age of workers was 35,4±5,5. 24,9% of the workers reported that they still use alcohol and 21,3% reported that they have quitted. 26,0% of participants reported that they never smoked, 14,4% reported that they quıted and 59,6% repored that they were still smoking. It was determined that there was no significant difference between the groups in terms of variables,when compared to charecteristics of workers in group and individual smoking cessation intervention groups (p>0,05). Groups were homogenous/similar. Even though the rates of control attendance, medicine use and quitting smoking are higher for workers in the group smoking cessation intervention compared to individual smoking cessation intervention, the differences were not statistically significant (p>0,05). Smoking cessation rate is higher in trying to quit with medicine than the ones attempting without medication (p<0,001). Conclusions: Drug therapy except for contraindications may be recommended to those who want to quit smoking. Group smoking cessation intervention can be used as a treatment option for smoking cessation in the workplace. Keywords: Smoking, Individual smoking cessation, Group smoking cessation