Öztürk Z, Tozoğlu EÖ, Metin A, Uludağ E, Sayım E. Effectiveness of smoking cessation training in patients at a community mental health center. World J Psychiatry 2026; 16(7): 118770 [DOI: 10.5498/wjp.118770]
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Zeynep Öztürk, PhD, Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Erzurum Technical University, No. 53 Ömer Nasuhi Bilmen Neighborhood, Erzurum 25050, Türkiye. zeynepolcun6@gmail.com
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Öztürk Z, Tozoğlu EÖ, Metin A, Uludağ E, Sayım E. Effectiveness of smoking cessation training in patients at a community mental health center. World J Psychiatry 2026; 16(7): 118770 [DOI: 10.5498/wjp.118770]
Zeynep Öztürk, Ayşe Metin, Elanur Uludağ, Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Erzurum Technical University, Erzurum 25050, Türkiye
Elif Özcan Tozoğlu, Erzurum Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, University of Health Sciences, Erzurum 25050, Türkiye
Emine Sayım, Atatürk University Research Hospital, Atatürk University, Erzurum 25050, Türkiye
Author contributions: Öztürk Z administered the project, supervised the study, and delivered the intervention; Öztürk Z, Özcan Tozoğlu E, Metin A, and Uludağ E designed the research study and developed the methodology; Öztürk Z, Özcan Tozoğlu E, Metin A, Uludağ E, and Sayım E wrote the original draft and reviewed and edited the manuscript; and all authors have read and approve the final manuscript.
Supported by Erzurum Technical University Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit, No. 2024/028.
Institutional review board statement: This study was approved by the Erzurum Technical University Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Committee, approval No. 15/6.
Clinical trial registration statement: This study is registered at ClinicalTrials.gov. The registration identification number is NCT06930547.
Informed consent statement: Written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to their inclusion in the study.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
CONSORT 2010 statement: The authors have read the CONSORT 2010 Statement, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the CONSORT 2010 Statement.
Data sharing statement: Data that support the findings are available and will be provided by the corresponding author on a reasonable request.
Corresponding author: Zeynep Öztürk, PhD, Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Erzurum Technical University, No. 53 Ömer Nasuhi Bilmen Neighborhood, Erzurum 25050, Türkiye. zeynepolcun6@gmail.com
Received: January 12, 2026 Revised: February 14, 2026 Accepted: April 1, 2026 Published online: July 19, 2026 Processing time: 166 Days and 8.3 Hours
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Core Tip: Studies have consistently shown that smoking is a major public health concern among individuals with severe mental illness. The literature suggests that randomized controlled trials examining smoking cessation interventions, particularly nurse-led interventions, remain limited. This study demonstrated that nurse-led smoking cessation training delivered to individuals with severe mental illness registered in a community mental health center was effective in reducing nicotine dependence and daily cigarette consumption and in increasing smoking cessation self-efficacy. The results indicate that a nurse-delivered program can generate meaningful short-term improvements both in dependence levels and in individuals’ confidence in their ability to quit smoking.
