Resumen

LIRA-MANDUJANO, Jennifer; ROSALES GARCIA, María; MIGUEZ VARELA, M. Carmen  y  CRUZ-MORALES, Sara Eugenia. Effectiveness of a Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention to Smoking Cessation Combined with Varenicline. Divers.: Perspect. Psicol. [online]. 2020, vol.16, n.2, pp.387-397.  Epub 01-Jul-2020. ISSN 1794-9998.  https://doi.org/10.15332/22563067.5550.

Different studies have shown that treatment with varenicline is effective for smoking cessation when it is combined with psychological treatment. However, there are few studies on the effectiveness that varenicline adds to psychological treatment. The aim of this pilot study was to assess if the effectiveness of a cognitive behavioral intervention increases with the inclusion of varenicline. The sample of this study were 22 smokers (M age = 39.5, SD = 15.4 years), with an average daily consumption of 12.29 cigarettes (SD = 5.7). Each participant chose one of the two interventions: 11 smokers received the Motivational Smoking Cessation Brief Intervention (mscbm) and 11 the same intervention plus varenicline. The results showed no significant differences between interventions. Thus, the inclusion of varenicline did not increase the effectiveness of psychological intervention. The findings of this study should be taken with caution due to the sample size. More research is therefore needed.

Palabras clave : varenicline; smoking cessation; psychological intervention; smokers.

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