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J Thai Trad Alt Med Vol. 19 No. 2 May-Aug 2021 373

to the control group. In addition, the result diseases.
of studies have shown that for patients with

chronic non-communicable disease, indig- Methodology
enous knowledge that is consistent with the
social context can be utilised to promote Thai Materials

traditional medicine programmes to help quit This study was approved by the Ethics
[5]
smoking . Activities associated with the Committee of Human Research, Surat Thani
principles of nature, herbal steam, massage, Hospital Institutional Review Board (IRB). Writ-

reflexology and detoxification could be use ten consent was obtained from all participants
to help quit smoking. Thus, quitting smoking and a full and detailed explanation of the pro-
by using Thai traditional medicine programme posed research was provided.

could resulted in a significantly higher success. Subjects
Many types of services are offered in Patients with chronic non-communicable

current Thai smoking cessation clinics. These diseases who were smokers were enrolled at
are based on cooperation between smokers, Pak Nam Lang Suan Hospital, Chumphon
relatives, society and service providers. Use of Province, Thailand.

the transtheoretical or stage of change model Inclusion criteria:
to regulate behavior change in smokers can be - age over 18

[6-9]
very successful . In 2017, non-communicable - currently smoking or having quit
chronic diseases, diabetes, stroke, heart dis- smoking for no more than six months
ease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, - no serious physical or mental health

cancer and hypertension accounted for 12% of problems (can read and write)
all diseases in Pak Nam Lang Suan Hospital. - no hearing problems affecting par-
Only 7.3% of the patients were admitted to the ticipation in activities.

smoking cessation clinic and only 2% were Exclusion criteria:
able to quit for more than six months. - unable to continue the activities for
According to this data, the research team assessment at the end of six months.

was interested in testing the effectiveness of
a designed Smoking Cessation Programme Methods

which integrating the concepts of modern Study design
medicine and Thai traditional medicine on This research was a single-blinded ran-
patients with chronic non-communicable domized controlled trial with a pre-posttest.