Progressive Muscle Relaxation and Cigarette Craving

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

34 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2012-08-31

Study Completion Date

2012-11-30

Brief Summary

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Cigarette craving usually occurs with unpleasant feelings, including stress. Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR) may reduce level of cigarette craving and/or withdrawal symptoms.

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Detailed Description

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The study reports on a study investigating the acute effects of a one-time application of progressive muscle relaxation on craving for cigarettes in smokers who were instructed to abstain from cigarettes for 3 hours.

Conditions

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Addiction

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Progressive muscle relaxation

Progressive muscle relaxation: single 20-minutes session

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Progressive Muscle Relaxation

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Comparison of progressive muscle relaxation and no intervention (e.g., reading newspaper of the day) for the same amount of time.

Reading newspaper of the day

Reading newspaper of the day : single 20-minutes session

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Progressive Muscle Relaxation

Comparison of progressive muscle relaxation and no intervention (e.g., reading newspaper of the day) for the same amount of time.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age 18 years or more
* Daily cigarette smokers

Exclusion Criteria

* Hospitalization
* Participating in cigarette dependency treatment or trying to quit smoking with other methods
* Uncontrolled blood pressure
* Current other substance users (except alcohol)

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes