2.8. Follow-Up Assessments
Betel quid chewer”
SESSION
The first follow-up assessment was administered at the final intervention session (Session 5). This assessment was scheduled for approximately 22 days after the first intervention session. Participants in this assessment provided data regarding their experience with the BENIT program and their chewing and quitting behaviors during the program. This follow-up assessment was identical for both intervention and control condition participants, except that control condition participants were not asked about the intervention program. The current analyses employed an outcome measure for the ANBQ that was a composite of two survey items. The first survey item read: “Which of the following do you consider yourself to be right now?” Response options were “Betel quid chewer” and “Ex-betel quid chewer”. The second survey item read: “Are you trying to quit chewing right now?” Response options were: “I already quit chewing”, “Yes, chewing but trying to quit”, and “No, chewing but not trying to quit”. For the current analyses, participants were coded as ex-chewers (quitters) if they responded “Ex-betel quid chewer” to the first survey item and “I already quit chewing” to the second survey item. We employed this composite variable to cross-verify self-reported cessation using two items with disparate wordings and response options. If the item responses provided a mixed (contradictory) response, the participant was categorized as a chewer. This composite outcome variable was employed for both intervention and control participants. 