The Effects of E-cigarette Smoking Cessation Online Program on Knowledge, Attitude, and Intention to Quit among Student Smokers of a Private University
Keywords:
E-cigarette smoking cessation program, Knowledge, Attitude, Intention to quit smoking, University student smokersAbstract
Purpose: This research aimed to compare knowledge, attitude, and intention to quit e-cigarette of a private university student smokers before and after involving in the Electronic Network Cessation Program (ENCP).
Design: Quasi-experimental research, one group pretest-posttest design
Method: The sample was 30 bachelor’s degree student smokers involving in the research through snowball technique. The ENCP was developed by the researcher. Its value of content validity index was 0.95. The known group technique was applied to assess objectivity of the program. The knowledge, attitude, and intention to quit e-cigarette tests were developed for data collection which IOC values of items were 0.90, 0.92, and 0.91 and the values of reliability were 0.96, 0.95, and 0.94, respectively. Descriptive and paired t-test statistics were applied for data analysis.
Main findings: The data analysis results revealed that participants’ knowledge in posttest was higher than pretest score at significant level (p<.01). However, the mean scores of attitude and intention to quit e-cigarette were not significantly changed after receiving ENCP.
Conclusion and recommendation: Research results indicated that the ENCP could increase knowledge regarding e-cigarette. However, increase the duration of program implementation needs to be done for students’ attitude adjusting and increasing intention to quit-smoking.
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