Relapse prevention based on mindfulness in the treatment of tobacco dependence - Brazil

Abstract

A randomized clinical trial was conducted to analyze the effects of a Mindfulness- based relapse prevention program for tobacco dependence treatment. The study was conducted at the Center for Psychosocial Care of Alcohol and Drugs (CAPSad), in the city of Porto Velho, capital of Rondonia, Brazil, 2017. 52 patients aged between 29 to 60, of both sexes, who were only tobacco users, participated in the research. To carry out this study, two groups were made up: G1 = experimental and G2 = control, both consisted of 26 people. In the pre-test, the data showed that there was no significant difference between these two groups. In the post-test comparison, there was a considerable difference in the reduction of anxiety symptoms (p = 0.043) and carbon monoxide-CO2 level (p = 0.03) in the lungs of smoking patients. In the result of the proportion analysis, there was a difference in G1 post-intervention with decreased symptoms of anxiety (p = <0.001), depression (p = 0.012) and carbon monoxide (p = <0.001), respectively. These findings showed significant effects of mindfulness in preventing relapse and reducing symptoms of anxiety, depression and carbon monoxide level the post-intervention group of smokers and dependent smokers treated at CAPSad.