Effect of Baekgaeja Acupressure Therapy on Smoking College Students
AUTHORS
Pil-Hwan Kim,Dept. of Nursing, Changshin University, Korea
Kyoung-Nam Kim,Dept. of Nursing, Busan Women’s College, Korea
ABSTRACT
College students who smoke are increasing. Smoking is not good for your health. Baekgaeja ear acupressure therapy is effective for smoking cessation. The purpose of this study was to identify the effect of baekgaeja ear acupressure therapy on nicotine dependence, exhaled carbon monoxide and urine cotinine in college students. The subjects of this study composed of 30 for the experimental group and 30 for the control group who were smoking college students at B and C city. Baekgaeja ear acupressure therapy was conducted for 2 times per week and lasted for 4 weeks on the experimental group. Data were analyzed with SPSS WIN 20.0. The experimental group showed significantly lower nicotine dependence (t=-5.924, p<.001), exhaled carbon monoxide (t=4.024, p<.001), urine cotinine (x2=7.177, p=.015) than that of the control group after intervention. Therefore, it was considered that Baegaeja ear acupressure therapy was likely be useful as a therapeutic intervention for smoking cessation in college students.
KEYWORDS
College, Students, Nicotine, Cessation, Acupressure, Therapy, Smoking
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