Progressive Muscle Relaxation and Cigarette Craving

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Addiction
• Interventions: Behavioral: Progressive Muscle Relaxation

• Registration Number: NCT02153775
• Lead Sponsor: Chulalongkorn University

Brief 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.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2012-08
• Primary Completion: 2012-11
• Study Completion: 2012-11
• Status Verified: 2014-05
• Study First Submitted: 2014-05-26
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-05-31
• Last Update Submitted: 2014-05-31
• Study First Posted: 2014-06-03
• Last Update Posted: 2014-06-03

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 34

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)

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Progressive muscle relaxation	Progressive Muscle Relaxation	Progressive muscle relaxation: single 20-minutes session

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Craving	Immediately after a 20-minutes session of progressive muscle relaxation	Craving, a strong desire for using a substance when abstaining from substance, was measured by the Penn Alcohol Rating Scale - adapted (PACS-adapted) and the Visual Analog Scale (VAS).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Cigarette withdrawal-related and non-withdrawal related feelings	Immediately after a 20-minutes session of progressive muscle relaxation	Cigarette withdrawal symptoms (i.e., anxious, hungry, feeling bad, restless) and non-withdrawal (i.e., high, stimulated, paranoid, tongue - tied) (59-61), as measured by using the Visual Analog Scale (VAS)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University; 🇹🇭 Bangkok, Thailand