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Official NIH NLM MEDLINE / PubMed Citation • PMID: 42986046

[The design process and protocol for a cognitive-behavioral intervention to reduce electronic cigarette use among university students].

Revista espanola de salud publica • 2026 Nov • Vol. 100 • ISSN 2173-9110
Authors: José Roberto Enríquez Chacón, Benito Israel Jiménez Padilla, Nora Angélica Armendáriz García, Paola Lizeth Flores Garza, Carlos Alberto Salazar Moreno
Facultad de Enfermería y Nutriología. Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua. Chihuahua. México.

Verbatim Formal Study Abstract

OBJECTIVE

Electronic cigarette use has become an emerging Public Health concern among university students due to its increasing prevalence and the risks associated with nicotine exposure. Cognitive-behavioral interventions have shown promise in addressing this behavior; however, evidence on structured interventions adapted to the Mexican context remains limited. The aim of this study was to design an intervention to reduce electronic cigarette use among university students and establish the protocol for its implementation.

METHODS

The intervention was developed through the stages of discovery, design, and refinement. Its components were based on the Theory of Planned Behavior, while its activities were informed by the taxonomy of behaviour change methods. Subsequently, a pilot experimental longitudinal study with pretest, posttest, and three-month follow-up assessments will be conducted. A total of sixty university students aged eighteen/twenty-four years from a Mexican public university will be recruited through convenience sampling and randomly assigned to the study groups. The intervention will consist of six fifty-minute face-to-face sessions incorporating educational components, cognitive restructuring, and social and personal skills training. Statistical analyses will be exploratory and will include between-group comparisons, repeated-measures analyses, and estimation of effect sizes.

CONCLUSIONS

The protocol will provide preliminary evidence on the feasibility and initial evaluation of an intervention aimed at reducing electronic cigarette use, generating information to inform the design of future studies and prevention strategies for the Mexican university student population.

OBJECTIVE

El consumo de cigarrillos electrónicos constituye un problema emergente de Salud Pública entre los jóvenes universitarios debido al incremento de su uso y los riesgos asociados a la exposición a la nicotina. Las intervenciones cognitivo-conductuales han mostrado utilidad para abordar esta conducta; sin embargo, existe limitada evidencia de intervenciones estructuradas adaptadas al contexto mexicano. El objetivo del presente estudio fue diseñar una intervención para disminuir el consumo del cigarrillo electrónico en jóvenes universitarios y establecer el protocolo para su implementación.

METHODS

La intervención fue diseñada mediante las etapas de descubrimiento, diseño y refinación; los componentes incluidos se fundamentaron en la Teoría de la Conducta Planeada y las actividades a partir de la taxonomía de métodos de cambio de comportamiento. Posteriormente, se realizará un estudio piloto experimental y longitudinal con mediciones pretest, postest y seguimiento a tres meses. Se incluirá a sesenta estudiantes universitarios de entre dieciocho y veinticuatro años de una universidad pública mexicana, seleccionados mediante muestreo por conveniencia y asignados aleatoriamente a los grupos de estudio. La intervención constará de seis sesiones presenciales de cincuenta minutos con componentes educativos, reestructuración cognitiva y entrenamiento en habilidades sociales y personales. Los análisis estadísticos serán exploratorios e incluirán comparaciones entre grupos, mediciones repetidas y estimación de tamaños del efecto.

CONCLUSIONS

El protocolo permitirá obtener evidencia preliminar sobre la factibilidad y evaluación inicial de una intervención para disminuir el consumo de cigarrillos electrónicos, aportando información para el diseño de estudios posteriores y estrategias de prevención en población universitaria mexicana.

Publication Classification: Journal Article Randomized Controlled Trial English Abstract
NLM MeSH Descriptors: Humans Universities Students Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems Young Adult Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Adolescent Vaping Mexico Female Male Research Design Longitudinal Studies Pilot Projects