Telephone-based Motivational Interviewing for Smoking Cessation in Crohn's Disease Patients

"The motivational brief intervention is known by the acronym 5 R and lasts about 5-10 minutes. It is an approach based on the principles of motivational interviewing and develops the intervention in five short steps:~* Relevance. Help patients identify why personal reasons may be relevant to quitting smoking.~* Risks. Help identify what negative consequences tobacco use has.~* Rewards. Help identify potential benefits of quitting smoking.~* Resistors. Help patients identify barriers to smoking cessation, which can often include fear of withdrawal symptoms, failure, wainweight, face social situations, etc.~* Repeat. Repeat the intervention at 3 months if you do not advance at the stage of change."