Table 3.
Tobacco use outcomes by group, (N=30)
| Early assessment-4 weeks | Late assessment-8 weeks | 4- vs. 8-weeks | NRT vs. NRT + coaching | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quit before assessment | NRT | NRT + coaching | NRT | NRT + coaching | |||
| Overall | N=2 | N=8 | N=5 | N=8 | N=7 | p1 | p1 |
| N (%) / Mean [SD] | |||||||
| Smoking cessation outcomes | |||||||
| 7-day PPA, week 12 | 1 (50.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (20.0) | 4 (50.0) | 1 (14.3) | 0.39 | 0.67 |
| 7-day PPA, week 8 | -- | ||||||
| CO <8 ppm, week 12 | 1 (50.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (20.0) | 3 (37.5) | 1 (14.3) | 0.65 | 1.00 |
| Any quit attempt ≥24 hours | 2 (100) | 7 (87.5) | 4 (80.0) | 6 (75.0) | 6 (85.7) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| No. of quit attempts | 2.0 [1.4] | 5.1 [3.9] | 3.3 [1.7] | 3.0 [1.4] | 2.7 [1.5] | 0.19 | 0.20 |
| % Past 30 days with no smoking, week 12 | 23.5 [2.1] | 4.8 [4.0] | 1.8 [1.6] | 11.8 [10.6] | 14.1 [12.3] | 0.07 | 0.85 |
| Change in cigarettes/day4 | −13.0 [9.9] | −7.0 [7.3] | −7.2 [7.7] | −12.5 [9.3] | −4.7 [7.3] | 0.74 | 0.19 |
| Cigarettes/day, week12 | 0.0 [0.0] | 6.6 [6.1] | 10.8 [16.5] | 2.6 [4.1] | 12.1 [8.6] | 0.98 | 0.079 |
| Smoking cessation treatment use | |||||||
| Any NRT during the study | 1 (50.0) | 8 (100) | 5 (100) | 7 (87.5) | 6 (85.7) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Psychosocial outcomes | |||||||
| Change in importance of quitting5 | 0 [0.0] | 0.5 [1.5] | −2.0 [1.9] | −1.6 [1.8] | 0.1 [0.4] | 0.54 | 0.78 |
| Change in confidence of quitting5 | −1.5 [0.0] | 0.8 [3.4] | −2.2 [1.6] | 0.4 [3.9] | 1.1 [2.9] | 0.33 | 0.51 |
| Change in distress5 | −6.5 [4.9] | −0.9 [3.9] | −0.4 [1.1] | 1.3 [2.4] | 0.1 [1.8] | 0.06 | 0.77 |
| Satisfaction/Participant experience | |||||||
| Satisfaction with treatment “Very satisfied” “Somewhat satisfied” |
2 (100) 0 (0) |
5 (62.5) 2 (25.0) |
3 (60.0) 2 (40.0) |
5 (62.5) 2 (25.0) |
4 (57.1) 3 (42.9) |
1.00 | 1.00 |
| Study gave me confidence to quit6 | 2 (100) | 7 (87.5) | 4 (80.0) | 5 (62.5) | 6 (85.7) | 0.84 | 0.74 |
| Study made quitting feel worthwhile6 | 2 (100) | 7 (87.5) | 5 (100) | 7 (87.5) | 5 (100) | 0.05 | 0.61 |
| Study made me feel someone cared6 | 2 (100) | 6 (75.0) | 3 (60.0) | 6 (75.0) | 6 (87.5) | 0.20 | 0.59 |
| Study made me feel I knew how to quit6 | 2 (100) | 7 (87.5) | 4 (80.0) | 6 (75.0) | 7 (100) | 0.65 | 0.95 |
1
p-value based on t-test or Fisher’s exact test
2
“Very satisfied” or “Somewhat satisfied”
3
“Completely agree” or “Somewhat agree”
4
Change in self-reported cigarettes per day from baseline to week 12
5
Change from baseline to week 12 single-item 11-point Likert scales for motivation to quit, confidence to quit, and past two-week distress,
6
“Completely agree” or “Somewhat agree”
Abbreviations: NRT=Nicotine replacement therapy; SD=standard deviation; 7-day PPA=self-reported 7-day point prevalence abstinence; CO=carbon monoxide