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J Thai Trad Alt Med Vol. 19 No. 2 May-Aug 2021 375

These included sociodemographic and health- smoking. They also receive medication with
related characteristics, smoking behavior, integration of Thai traditional medicine that

the nicotine addiction evaluation scale using suggested taking care of the body using the
the Fagerstrom test for nicotine dependence principles of natural foot reflexology, use of
[5]
(FTND) , the perception of self-efficacy in herbs to help stop smoking, lozenges, herbal
[6]
quitting smoking as a visual analogue scale tea and white flowers capsule ride. The treat-
with a score of 0 to 10 and information on ment was motivated by public health volun-
determining the date to quit smoking. teers.

The questionnaire was quality checked Evaluation
for content validity and reliability. Content Knowledge concerning cigarette smok-
validity was evaluated by three experts to ing behavior, nicotine addiction, assessment

determine the consistency index between of self-efficacy of stopping smoking and social
the questions and calculate the IOC value of support provided by the questionnaire was

all items equal to 1 following their recommen- collected by the researchers and research as-
dations. After consideration by a specialist, sistants. Smoking behavior changes among
the questionnaire was improved for clarity of the participants after six months of the pro-

content and language suitability before use. gramme, results of smoking cessation (no
Content validity was assessed by a sample of cigarettes used) and carbon monoxide breath

25 patients and the Cronbach’s alpha coef- levels were evaluated.
ficient was calculated. The reliability of the Statistical analysis
questionnaire was determined at 0.7 which Data were analyzed by descriptive sta-

was within the acceptable parameters. tistics such as mean, percentage, frequency
Interventions and standard deviation (SD.), while inferential
Both the experimental group and the statistics such as the Kruskal-Wallis test and

control group received different treatments Pearson’s chi-squared test were used to com-
during the six months of the course. The con- pare statistical significance between the two
trol group received advice from nurses and groups at the 0.05 level.

general practitioners to stop smoking. Modern
medicine was used to help patients to stop Results

smoking including mouthwash and vitamin Most of the respondents were male in
C. The experimental group received advice both the experimental group and the control
from nurses and general practitioners to stop group at 95.50% and 97.70% respectively and