Facebook usage, participation patterns, and social support from Facebook activity among smokers with mobility impairments

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Belinda Borrelli ◽  
Romano Endrighi ◽  
Lisa M Quintiliani ◽  
Rosemary B Hughes ◽  
Sherry Pagoto
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Daily Routine ◽  
Mobility Impairments ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
Quit Smoking ◽  
Patterns Of Use ◽  
Motivation To Quit ◽  
Facebook Use ◽  
Motivation To Quit Smoking

Abstract People with mobility impairments (MIs; use assistive devices to ambulate) have twice the smoking prevalence versus the general population. A Facebook intervention could improve reach to smokers with MIs, but use and patterns of use are unknown. The study examined: (a) Facebook use and relationship with Facebook-based social support and (b) whether Facebook use differs by motivation to quit smoking. Participants (N = 510; 56.3% female, mean age = 42.4 years) were recruited via a recruitment company to complete a one-time online survey assessing motivation to quit within 30 days, Facebook use (Facebook Activities Scale), reasons for use (Facebook Motives Scale), attitudes (Facebook Intensity Scale), and social support (Facebook Measure of Social Support). The vast majority said that Facebook is part of their daily routine (92.9%), 83% checked Facebook >once a day, and 69% spent >30 min/day on Facebook. Facebook was used to connect with similar others (68.4%), participate in groups (72.9%), decrease loneliness (69.2%), and obtain health information (62.5%); 88% said that they would join a Facebook program to help them quit smoking. A greater number of Facebook friends (rs = .18–.22, p < .001) and greater Facebook use (rs = .20 to rs = .59; p < .001) were correlated with greater perceived social and emotional support. Those motivated to quit posted more frequently (odds ratio [OR] = 1.56, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.10, 2.22) and were more likely to indicate that they would join a Facebook group for smoking cessation (OR = 4.15, 95% CI = 2.05, 8.38) than those not motivated. Facebook could circumvent disability and environmental barriers to accessing cessation among this health disparity population.

scholarly journals The influence of COVID-19-specific health risk beliefs on the motivation to quit smoking

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Robert Harrison Brown
Keyword(s):  
Perceived Risk ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Specific Effect ◽  
Perceived Severity ◽  
Quit Smoking ◽  
Risk Beliefs ◽  
Motivation To Quit ◽  
Motivation To Quit Smoking ◽  
Specific Health ◽  
Perceived Probability

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, some smokers have experienced increased motivation to quit smoking, due to the higher risk of severe COVID-19 infection. However, this is not found across all smokers, and the motivation to quit appears dependent upon factors such as fear of COVID-19 and perceived risk from COVID-19. In the current investigation, specific COVID-19 risk beliefs were measured to isolate which beliefs predicted the motivation to quit smoking, these being the perceived severity of COVID-19 and perceived probability of COVID-19 infection. UK based smokers (N = 243) completed an online survey between September and October 2020, in which they reported their current motivation to quit smoking, fear of COVID-19, and their beliefs about how severe COVID-19 infection would be and how probable COVID-19 infection was. The only significant predictor of the motivation to quit smoking was the perceived probability of COVID-19 infection. This positive relationship remained when controlling for the general perceived probability and severity of other smoking related health conditions, suggesting a COVID-19-specific effect. Further, fear of COVID-19 only indirectly related to an increase in motivation to quit, when mediated through perceived probability of COVID-19 infection. The result places the perceived probability of COVID-19 infection as a central predictor of motivation to quit during the pandemic. Based on this evidence, messaging to smokers aiming to facilitate smoking cessation during the pandemic should focus on the highly contagious nature of the virus, to increase the motivation to quit.

Phenomenological insight into the motivation to quit smoking

2021 ◽  
pp. 108583
Author(s):  
Karishma Kaur Gill ◽  
Sander van der Moolen ◽  
Sobia Bilal
Keyword(s):  
Quit Smoking ◽  
Motivation To Quit ◽  
Motivation To Quit Smoking ◽  
Insight Into

scholarly journals PENGARUH INTERVENSI MEDIA SOSIAL (WHATSAPP) DENGAN FLYER TERHADAP PERUBAHAN PERILAKU MEROKOK REMAJA PADA MASA PANDEMI COVID-19 DI DESA TOMADO KECAMATAN LINDU

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 716-727
Author(s):  
Yusuf Yusuf ◽  
Nur Indriani Agus ◽  
Muhammad Syafar
Keyword(s):  
Intervention Group ◽  
Smoking Behavior ◽  
Adolescent Smoking ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Quit Smoking ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Motivation To Quit ◽  
Media Intervention ◽  
Motivation To Quit Smoking ◽  
Smoking Attitudes

Adolescent smoking behavior is a behavior that endangers health, but there are still many teenagers who become smokers who started when they were teenagers or at the age of 11 years, especially teenage boys who often did this action. The use of appropriate media can affect the knowledge of respondents. In general, this study aims to determine the effect of social media intervention (whatsapp) with flyers on changes in adolescent smoking behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic in Tomado Village, Lindu District, Sigi Regency, Central Sulawesi. And specifically, the research objective was to determine the effect of social media intervention (whatsapp) with flyers on smoking knowledge, smoking frequency, changes in smoking attitudes, and adolescent motivation to quit smoking. This type of research is a quasi-experimental design with a pretest-posttest two group design. The research sample used purposive sampling method and obtained a sample of 40 people. The instrument of this research used questionnaires, observation sheets, pretest and posttest questionnaires, and media flyers. Analysis of research data using a comparative test, namely Paired sample t-test, and Independent t-test. The results showed that there was a significant difference in respondents' knowledge about the dangers of smoking in the intervention group, while in the control group it was found that there was no significant difference in respondents' knowledge; there was a significant difference in the frequency of adolescent smoking in the intervention group and the control group; there is a significant difference in adolescent smoking attitudes in the intervention group and the control group; there was a significant difference in motivation to quit smoking in the intervention group and the control group.

The role of virtual reality intervention on young adult smokers' motivation to quit smoking: a feasibility and pilot study

2018 ◽  
Vol 37 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 217-226
Author(s):  
Pasquale Caponnetto ◽  
Marilena Maglia ◽  
Daniele Lombardo ◽  
Shirin Demma ◽  
Riccarco Polosa
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Quit Smoking ◽  
Motivation To Quit ◽  
Motivation To Quit Smoking

scholarly journals Motivation to quit smoking among parents of urban children with asthma

2010 ◽  
Vol 79 (2) ◽  
pp. 152-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jill S. Halterman ◽  
Belinda Borrelli ◽  
Kelly M. Conn ◽  
Paul Tremblay ◽  
Susan Blaakman
Keyword(s):  
Urban Children ◽  
Quit Smoking ◽  
Motivation To Quit ◽  
Children With Asthma ◽  
Motivation To Quit Smoking

Trying, Desire, And Desiring to Try

1994 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 613-626 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederick Adams
Keyword(s):  
Political Protest ◽  
Quit Smoking ◽  
Motivation To Quit ◽  
Right Reason ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Motivation To Quit Smoking

What is the relationship between trying, desire, and desiring to try? Is it necessary to desire to do something in order to try to do it? Must Dave desire to quit smoking in order to try to quit? I shall defend the view that desiring to do A is necessary for trying to do A. First, Dave needs motivation to quit smoking and motivation comes in the form of desire. So it seems straightforward that when one tries to do something A, one’s desire to do that thing A is one’s motivation. Second, when Dave throws out a pack of cigarettes, this may or may not be part of an attempt to quit smoking. It may be a political protest against R.J.R. Nabisco (Dave may be changing brands, not lifestyles). Dave’s throwing out the cigarettes only counts as part of his attempt to quit smoking, if it is done for the right reason, out of the right motivation. Again, the right motivation seems to be the desire to quit smoking. Thus, the desire to do A appears to play important roles in the attempt to do A. At the very least, it helps to motivate, guide, and constitute the attempt as the attempt to do A. It is because Dave wants to quit smoking that his throwing out his cigarettes counts as part of his attempt to quit smoking, not as a political protest.

Motivation to Quit Smoking among Relatives of Lung Cancer Patients

2010 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen M. Butler ◽  
Mary Kay Rayens ◽  
Mei Zhang ◽  
Ellen J. Hahn
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Lung Cancer Patients ◽  
Quit Smoking ◽  
Motivation To Quit ◽  
Motivation To Quit Smoking

scholarly journals Smoking Habits and Beliefs About Smoking in Elderly Patients With COPD During Hospitalisation

2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-21
Author(s):  
Nina H. Bjarnason ◽  
Kim L. Mikkelsen ◽  
Philip Tønnesen
Keyword(s):  
Positive Association ◽  
Reference Population ◽  
Mean Value ◽  
Negative Association ◽  
Quit Smoking ◽  
Copd Patients ◽  
Motivation To Quit ◽  
Motivation Scale ◽  
Never Smokers ◽  
Motivation To Quit Smoking

AbstractTo study beliefs about smoking and COPD, and motivation for smoking discontinuation we recruited 100 COPD patients during admission for exacerbation. They were asked about motivation to quit smoking and about disease understanding. We compared their survival with that of 324 COPD patients and with survival of age-matched Danes. Forty-five smokers, 50 ex-smokers and five never-smokers were included. Mean value of age was 77.5 years, number of years smoking was 51.8, and FEV1 was 0.79 L. Most patients were not certain about the association between smoking and COPD. Only 16% thought that their smoking had caused COPD and 24% thought that they would not suffer from COPD, had they not smoked. Three out of the six motivation questions could be included in a mutual quantitative scale (alpha = 0.76). Thirty per cent (r = 0.55, p = .005) of the variation in the motivation scale score was explained by number of years with smoking (negative association), number of cigarettes smoked per day (positive association) and BMI (negative association). Mortality was lower than in the reference population (RR = 0.63, p = .005), but higher than in age-matched Danes. Many patients are not certain about the association between smoking and COPD. We developed a smoking cessation motivation scale based on three questions.

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