NCT02153775

Progressive Muscle Relaxation and Cigarette Craving

Preliminary Study of Effects of Progressive Muscle Relaxation on Cigarette Craving and Withdrawal Symptoms of Experienced Smokers in Acute Cigarette Abstinence : A Randomised Control Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 34 (actual)
• Sponsor: Chulalongkorn University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

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

Detailed description

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

• Addiction

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Progressive Muscle Relaxation	Comparison of progressive muscle relaxation and no intervention (e.g., reading newspaper of the day) for the same amount of time.

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-08-01
• Primary completion: 2012-11-01
• Completion: 2012-11-01
• First posted: 2014-06-03
• Last updated: 2014-06-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Thailand