Table 1.
Demographic characteristics and baseline values of the study groups.
| Demographic Characteristics N (%) |
p-Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Intervention Group (n = 35) |
Control Group (n = 33) |
||
| Gender | 0.600 | ||
| Male | 28 (80.0) | 28 (84.8) | |
| Female | 7 (20.0) | 5 (15.2) | |
| Educational level | 0.861 | ||
| Senior high school and below | 20 (57.2) | 21 (63.6) | |
| University and above | 15 (42.9) | 12 (36.4) | |
| Experience with smoking cessation | 0.454 | ||
| Previously tried to quit | 5 (14.3) | 7 (21.2) | |
| Never tried to quit | 30 (85.7) | 26 (78.8) | |
| Age, years (mean ± SD) | 57.23 ± 9.67 | 54.70 ± 11.55 | 0.330 |
| Number of daily cigarettes | 20.40 ± 10.50 | 16.82 ± 10.16 | 0.158 |
| Length of smoking (years) | 35.97 ± 7.99 | 33.03 ± 11.16 | 0.214 |
| Addicted to nicotine a | 5.57 ± 2.03 | 5.03 ± 2.85 | 0.368 |
a Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND).