Smoking Behavior Modification Patterns of Thais: a Systematic Review

Abstract

The purpose of this systematic review was to identify instructional strategies and patterns or techniques to change smoking behaviors of Thais. Published articles written in Thai and English from 2007 to 2016 were searched from electronic databases, including ThaiLis, ThaiJo, and CINHAL, as well as hand-searched for unpublished papers. Content analysis was used to examine data. The results showed that of the 83 searched papers, 10 papers met the inclusion criteria: 6 papers were thesis and 4 papers were general research. The instructional strategies and patterns or techniques to change smoking behaviors of Thais could be categorized in 3 patterns including (1) individual teaching, focused on nicotine and nicotine withdrawal management, (2) group teaching by health care providers focused on sharing knowledge among participants and (3) mixed teaching between individual and group teaching, focused on group teaching and individual counseling. All three instructional strategies could change smoking behaviors of Thai people. Therefore, it suggested that to succeed in long term period for smoking behavior change, in addition to using group teaching, family members and health care providers should be involved in monitoring and support for these smokers.