TY - JOUR AU - หงษ์เทียบ, วรากุล AU - สุทธิวิรัช, นพมาศ AU - ชาครียสกุล, อรวรรณ AU - ผาตินาวิน, จิรภา AU - รัตนาภินันท์ชัย, ศุภกิจ AU - นิธิพงษ์, วิมลพรรณ PY - 2019/09/09 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - The effect of foot reflexology for smoking cessation on quitting behavior among students at Saithammachan School, Changwat Ratchaburi JF - Thai Journal of Nursing JA - TJN VL - 67 IS - 1 SE - Research Article DO - UR - https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/TJN/article/view/215331 SP - 46-52 AB - <p>The purpose &nbsp;of this quasi-experimental research was to evaluate the&nbsp; effect &nbsp;of &nbsp;foot<strong> &nbsp;</strong>reflexology &nbsp;for smoking cessation on quitting &nbsp;behavior among students at Saithammachan School,&nbsp; Changwat Ratchaburi. The sample of &nbsp;30 students who were cigarette smokers, &nbsp;was &nbsp;purposively selected. &nbsp;Research tools were&nbsp; the quitting behavior questionnaire &nbsp;and &nbsp;Fagerstrom test for nicotine dependence. &nbsp;Data were analyzed &nbsp;using descriptive statistics. The results &nbsp;revealed&nbsp; that the percentage of students who could quit smoking was 36.67. &nbsp;Sixty percent&nbsp; of&nbsp; them&nbsp; agreed that they will not return to smoke cigarette again. They could&nbsp; reduced &nbsp;the cigarette used&nbsp; from &nbsp;5.67&nbsp; into 2.53&nbsp; cigarettes &nbsp;a &nbsp;day. &nbsp;Ninety &nbsp;percent&nbsp; of&nbsp; them also perceived&nbsp; that &nbsp;the taste and smell of cigarettes, were decreased.&nbsp;</p> ER -