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วารสารการแพทย์แผนไทยและการแพทย์ ทางเลือก Journal of Thai Traditional & Alternative Medicine
Vol. 19 No. 2 May-August 2021
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Effectiveness of Smoking Cessation Programme Based on
Integrative Modern and Thai Traditional Medical Concepts in

Patients with Non-Communicable Diseases: A Single-Blinded
Randomized Controlled Trial

Witsanu Aninlabon *, Jatuporn Tripattarakitgoson, Khumwong Ongart
Pak Nam Lang Suan Hospital, Pak Nam Sub-District, Lang Suan District, Chumphon 86150, Thailand
* Corresponding author: uiseiwporh@gmail.com

Abstract
Effects of smoking cessation on patients with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) were assessed. A smoking
cessation programme was implemented based on the concept of behavior change in NCD patients using modern and
Thai traditional medicinal principles by taking care of the body using the principles of natural foot reflexology and
herbal medicines including ma-waeng lozenges, ya-dokkhao (white flower) herbal tea and rangjued capsules. In the
control group were NCD patients with conventional treatment who did not follow this programme. The study was
approved by the Ethics Committee of Human Research, Surat Thani Hospital. A total of 88 NCD patients in Pak
Nam Lang Suan Hospital were randomly assigned to two groups: 44 in the experimental group and the other 44
in the control group. The research instruments comprised a questionnaire and the smoking cessation programme.
The model of behavior change was applied to stop smoking by integrating modern and Thai traditional medicine.
Results indicated that most participants were male and had suffered from hypertension, dyslipidemia and diabetes.
Among all participants, 46.30% in the experimental group could stop smoking while 41.70% in the control group
could also do so. No significant difference in the effect of smoking cessation was shown between the two groups
after the six-month study period (p = 0.68), but 34 patients (44.16%) could successfully quit smoking. The findings
showed that the smoking cessation programme, based on the concept of the behavior change model using integra-
tive modern and Thai traditional medical principles, could induce smoking cessation in NCD patients.
Key words: smoking cessation, tobacco, non-communicable diseases

Received date 21/02/20; Revised date 12/01/21; Accepted date 15/06/21

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