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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"abstinence rates"”.
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Treatment Outcomes Related to EEG-Biofeedback for Chemical Dependency: Changes in MMPI-2 (University of Minnesota) Personality Measures and Long Term Abstinence Rates
… psychopathology, serum β-endorphin levels, and abstinence rates. The present study is an extension of a previously unpublished replication of the Peniston EEG-BFB protocol with 20 chemically dependent outpatients (Bodenhamer-Davis, Callaway, & DeBeus, 2002). Fifteen subjects were "high risk for …
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The Effect of Web-Based Support as an Adjunct to a Self-Help Smoking Cessation Program
… There was no significant increase in abstinence rates nor progression through the stages of change by those participants who had access to the Web site. However, there were some overall significant trends that suggested these self-help interventions were successful at decreasing daily …
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Comparative Effectiveness of Smoking Cessation Medications among Obese Smokers
Objective I: To compare the continuous abstinence rates of FDA-approved smoking cessation medication strategies during a) 3 months, b) 6 months, and b) 12 months follow up period among obese smokers. Hypothesis (Ha): Abstinence rates among obese smokers using varenicline will be higher compared to …
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The effects of relapse prevention training on smoking cessation
… the NFRPT group exhibited the poorest 6-month abstinence rate and had significantly higher 6-month daily smoking rates than the NF and ACS controls. As such, these findings fail to support the recent arguments of Marlatt and Gordon (1978) and others regarding the efficacy of relapse prevention …
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Evaluation of a Functional Treatment for Binge Eating Associated with Bulimia Nervosa
… of research showing positive effects, the abstinence rates following this type of treatment are currently around 50%. A recent study by Bosch, Miltenberger, Gross, Knudson, and Brower-Breitwieser (2008) explored the effects of extinction on binge-eating behavior that was hypothesized to be …
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The Impact of an Incentive/Competition Program on Participation and Smoking Cessation Among High Risk Smokers at the Worksite
… competition were also effective for improving abstinence for as long as 6 months (41%) compared to the "M" program (23%), and for 12 months compared with the "T" program (11%). Incentives with competition, however, did not enhance quit rates at the 12-month period (37%) compared with the "M" …
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Treatment Effects Related to EEG-Biofeedback for Crack Cocaine Dependency: Changes in Personality and Attentional Variables
… treatment for chronic alcohol abuse, citing 80% abstinence rates as measured by improvements in psychopathology, serum beta endorphin levels, and long-term alcohol abstinence. Most research with alpha-theta EEG biofeedback has addressed alcohol addiction. Cocaine is now considered to be the most …
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Improving smoking cessation for vulnerable populations in low-resourced settings
… quartile (≥0.3174 ng/mL). Self-reported smoking abstinence at 6 months was biochemically verified using exhaled breath carbon monoxide (CO) and urine cotinine test. Modified Poisson regression models examined the association between NMR (high vs. normal) and 6-month abstinence. Effect …
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Health Recommender Systems for Behavior Change: Exploring their Potential for Smoking Cessation
… to generate positive results in terms of high abstinence rates and cost-effectiveness. However, new innovative solutions are available to improve the eHealth methods for smoking cessation further. One of those methods is related to recommender systems technology. Recommender systems are AI …
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TIME-VARYING MEDIATION EFFECTS WITH BINARY MEDIATOR IN SMOKING CESSATION STUDIES
… States want to quit smoking; however, long-term abstinence rates do not improve beyond 30%, despite the availability of effective pharmaco-behavioral treatments and increased outreach of awareness programs on quitting benefits. One of the reasons is non-adherence to pharmacological treatment. …