Effects of a Smoking Cessation Counseling Education Program on Nursing Students

This is a quasi-experimental study applying a nonequivalent control group pre-test-post-test design with the control of exogenous variables to compare the research variables among experimental groups. Participants totaled 67 and were divided into three groups, each participating in a different training program (lecture, online video, and case-based peer role-play). There were significant increases in attitudes toward smoking cessation interventions in Experiment 2 (online video) (t = -2.48, p = .021) and Experiment 3 (case-based peer role-play) (t = -2.69. p = .013), efficacy of smoking cessation interventions in Experiment 2 (-2.06, p = .052), and intention to deliver smoking cessation intervention in all experimental groups (Exp 1 t = -5.54, p < .001; Exp 2 t = -2.83, p = .010; Exp 3 t = -3.50, p = .002). All three programs of smoking cessation counseling education (lecture, online video, and case-based peer role-play) used in this study showed meaningful results on the study variables. In conclusion, all of the approaches of this study were found to be effective on the intention to deliver smoking cessation intervention, and it is important to creatively apply counseling programs that include essential elements of smoking cessation interventions in nursing education settings.

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This quasi-experimental study compared the effects of different training programs (lecture, online video, and case-based peer role-play) on attitudes toward smoking cessation interventions, efficacy of smoking cessation interventions, and intention to deliver smoking cessation intervention. The results showed significant increases in attitudes, efficacy, and intention in all experimental groups. Applying counseling programs with essential elements of smoking cessation interventions in nursing education settings is important.