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Table 2 Measurements and instruments

From: Group hypnotherapy versus group relaxation for smoking cessation: an RCT study protocol

Variable

Intake assessment (t0)

Two week follow-up

(t1) - telephone interview

Six month follow-up (t2) - postal assessment

Sociodemographic information

Age, education, civil status

  

Tobacco and other substance consumption

Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence FTND [28], German translation [29];

smoking abstinence

self-efficacy [22],

short version and

German translation [23];

history of tobacco use

and tobacco cessation attempts; history of substance use (FDA);

Smoking friends and relatives;

Age at first cigarette;

Previous cessation attempts (number and nature);

Body Mass Index

Minnesota Nicotine Withdrawal Scale MNWS [21];

smoking abstinence

self-efficacy; point prevalence of tobacco abstinence (last 7 days)

Point prevalence of tobacco abstinence

(last 30 days)

Mental health status

Beck Depression Inventory [25]; BDI-V, short version and German translation [24];

Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) [26], German translation [27]

BDI-V, BAI

BDI-V, BAI

General health status

SF-12 [3], German translation [31]

-

 

Safety

-

Adverse events

Adverse events

Biological assessments

Salivary cotinine measurement

-

Salivary cotinine measurement

Misc. assessments

-

Use of CD

Use of CD