Letter: Self-help groups in the smoking problem.

The Effect of Self-Efficacy Education Based on Self-Care Behaviors in Self-Help Hypertensive Groups

 Introduction: High blood pressure is a chronic disease requiring long-term treatment; which despite being asymptomatic, leads to fatal complaints and complications. Therefore, the present study was aimed to determine the effect of the education based on self-efficacy theory on self-care behaviors of hypertensive self-help groups in integrated health service centers in Mashhad in2019. Methods:...

Self-help groups.

OBJECTIVE To assess Ontario family physicians' attitudes toward, awareness of, and practices related to self-help groups in general and cancer self-help groups specifically. DESIGN Mailed survey using a modified Dillman method. SETTING Ontario family practices. PARTICIPANTS A random sample of 1500 Ontario members of the College of Family Physicians of Canada, of whom 949 responded. A tota...

Self-help interventions for smoking cessation.

BACKGROUND Many smokers give up smoking on their own, but provision of materials giving advice and information may assist them and increase the number who quit successfully. OBJECTIVES The aims of this review were to determine the effectiveness of different forms of self-help materials, compared with no treatment and with other minimal contact strategies; the effectiveness of adjuncts to self...

Self help smoking cessation in pregnancy: cluster randomised controlled trial.

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effectiveness of a self help approach to smoking cessation in pregnancy. DESIGN Pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial with community midwife as the unit of randomisation. SETTING Three NHS hospital trusts in England. PARTICIPANTS 1527 women who smoked at the start of pregnancy. INTERVENTION A series of five self help booklets comprising a step by step ...

Community-Based Self-Help Groups for the Treatment of Agoraphobia