The effect of home nursing interventions based on transtheoretical model for smoking cessation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

ABSTRACT The Effect Of Home Nursing Interventions Based On Transtheoretical Model For Smoking Cessation in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Figen CAVUSOGLU Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Nursing figencavusoglu55@hotmail.com Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficiency of nursing intervention based on smoking cessation transtheoretical model in patients with COPD who smoke Method: Experimental design was used in the study. Thirty-three patients in the study group were completed with 35 chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients in the control group. Sociodemographic characteristics data form, Fagerstrom Nicotine Dependency Test, Transteoretic Model Decision Making Scale, Self-efficacy Scale, Change Stages Scale and Behavior Modification Scale were used as data collection form. In the analysis of the data, the significance test of the difference between the two means, the significance test of the difference between two peers, the two-ratio test, Chi square, Mann Withney U test and Wilcoxon test were used. Findings: Decision-making subscale scores, self-efficacy score scores, and behavior modification methods subscale scores showed significant increases (p <.05) in the decision-making subscale of the patients in the experimental group after the home nursing interventions (p <.05). While there was a significant improvement in the change stages, 9 patients in the experimental group and 2 patients in the control group had left the cigarette but the difference between them was significant (p <.05). Result: In the light of the results of this study, it is suggested that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients should support home care for smoking cessation and plan the interventions based on the Transteoretic Model components and follow up patients using motivational interview technique. Key words: COPD, Transteoretik Model, home care, nursing, smoking cessation.