An exercise programme for smoking cessation: perceptions of the Fit2quit trial intervention Roberts, Vaughan, Dale, Leila Pfaeffli, Dorey, Enid, Bullen, Christopher and Maddison, Ralph 2016, An exercise programme for smoking cessation: perceptions of the Fit2quit trial intervention, Journal of smoking cessation, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 135-142, doi: 10.1017/jsc.2014.16. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title An exercise programme for smoking cessation: perceptions of the Fit2quit trial intervention Author(s) Roberts, Vaughan Dale, Leila Pfaeffli Dorey, Enid Bullen, Christopher Maddison, Ralph orcid.org/0000-0001-8564-5518 Journal name Journal of smoking cessation Volume number 11 Issue number 3 Start page 135 End page 142 Total pages 8 Publisher Cambridge University Press Place of publication Cambridge, Eng. Publication date 2016-09 ISSN 1834-2612 Summary Introduction: Few trials of exercise interventions for smoking cessation have included a qualitative evaluation of the intervention from the participants' perspective. Aims: To determine the perceptions of participants who received a 6-month telephone counselling exercise intervention to aid smoking cessation. Methods: Participants in the Fit2Quit study intervention group were asked to take part in a semi-structured phone interview. All interviews were digitally recorded and transcribed verbatim, and a general inductive approach to data analysis was followed. Results/Findings: Twenty participants from the intervention group completed an interview. The following themes emerged from the analyses: (1) The support people were genuinely interested in what I was achieving, (2) new awareness, new attitude, new lifestyle: I could see the benefits, (3) lack of time, willpower and money stopped me from changing and (4) I would have preferred a more hands on approach: Recommendations for future programmes. Conclusions: A telephone counselling intervention to enhance exercise for smoking cessation was well received. Aspects of the intervention, particularly the provision of support and encouragement from the participant support person, were beneficial. Suggested improvements were greater tailoring of the call schedule, greater face-to-face contact and provision of a buddy system or support group. Such improvements may increase adherence and, therefore, effectiveness of exercise interventions for smoking cessation. Language eng DOI 10.1017/jsc.2014.16 Field of Research 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified 1102 Cardiovascular Medicine And Haematology Socio Economic Objective 920499 Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) not elsewhere classified HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2014, The Authors Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30081445 Document type: Journal Article Collection: Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 17 Feb 2016, 13:54:58 EST Thu, 18 Feb 2016, 04:01:27 EST Thu, 18 Feb 2016, 05:10:22 EST Tue, 13 Sep 2016, 15:31:28 EST Tue, 13 Sep 2016, 15:35:01 EST Tue, 13 Sep 2016, 15:35:55 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 1 times in TR Web of Science Cited 1 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 139 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 17 Feb 2016, 13:54:58 EST

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