Study to Evaluate Music Therapy and Nicotine Replacement Therapy on Craving Related to Smoking Cessation in Health Staff

• Status: Recruiting
• Trial end date: 2026-01-10
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The study is a randomized, controlled trial comparing music therapy associated to NRT versus NRT alone to evaluate the value of music therapy in improving the management of craving among 50 health staff smokers. This pilot multi-method study will combine the methodology of clinical trial with qualitative techniques used in social sciences to show the interest of a digital music therapy tool, adapted to a health staff audience.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Poitiers University Hospital
• Treatments: Nicotine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Health staff,

• Age >= 18 years

• Smoking more than 10 cigarettes per day for at least 6 months

• motivated to quit smoking

• without legal tutors or subordination

• affiliated to a health insurance system as required by the French law on biomedical research

• written informed consent for participation in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

• Roommates and couples

• NRT contraindication

• unstabilised depression

• psychosis and/or cognitive disorder and/or mental retardation

• substance misuse or alcohol dependence

• smoking-cessation medication (NRT, bupropion) or undergoing cognitive-behavioral therapy or hypnotherapy for smoking cessation in the last 3 months

• electronic cigarette for smoking cessation in the last 3 months

• participating in a study up to visit 4

• Persons benefiting from enhanced protection, i.e.persons deprived of their liberty by a judicial or administrative decision, adults under legal and finally patients in a vital emergency situation.