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. 2023 Apr 14;25(7):1319–1329. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntad032

Table 1.

Participant Characteristics at Baseline

Quit Sense
(n = 104)
Usual care
(n = 105)
Overall
(n = 209)
Age at consent: mean (SD), range 39.6 (10.0) 42.6 (10.0) 41.1 (10.0)
Gender: n (%)
 Male 45 (43.3%) 48 (45.7%) 93 (44.5%)
 Female 59 (56.7%) 57 (54.3%) 116 (55.5%)
Number of cigarettes smoked per day: n (%)
 Less than 16 64 (61.5%) 63 (60.0%) 127 (60.8%)
 16 or more 40 (38.5%) 42 (40.0%) 82 (39.2%)
Socioeconomic status: n (%)
 Low 30 (28.9%) 31 (29.5%) 61 (29.2%)
 High 74 (71.2%) 74 (70.5%) 148 (70.8%)
Socioeconomic grade: n (%)
  1 (highest) 48 (57.1%) 46 (65.7%) 94 (61.0%)
  2 8 (9.5%) 5 (7.1%) 13 (8.4%)
  3 4 (4.8%) 7 (10.0%) 11 (7.1%)
  4 13 (15.5%) 8 (11.4%) 21 (13.6%)
  5 (lowest) 11 (13.1%) 4 (5.7%) 15 (9.7%)
Missing 20 35 55
Ethnicity: n (%)
White 95 (91.4%) 96 (91.4%) 191 (91.4%)
Indian 0 (0.0%) 1 (1.0%) 1 (0.5%)
Pakistani 2 (1.9%) 0 (0.0%) 2 (1.0%)
Bangladeshi 1 (1.0%) 2 (1.9%) 3 (1.4%)
Black African 1 (1.0%) 1 (1.0%) 2 (1.0%)
Black (Other) 1 (1.0%) 0 (0.0%) 1 (0.5%)
Asian 2 (1.9%) 1 (1.0%) 3 (1.4%)
Mixed Race 1 (1.0%) 2 (1.9%) 3 (1.4%)
Not given 1 (1.0%) 2 (1.9%) 3 (1.4%)
Number of cigarettes usually smoke a day: Mean (SD) 15.4 (7.6) 15.5 (6.5) 15.4 (7.1)
Employment status: n (%)
 In work during last 12 months 83 (79.8%) 70 (66.7%) 153 (73.2%)
 Out of work for more than 12  onths 19 (18.3%) 27 (25.7%) 46 (22.0%)
 Retired 1 (1.0%) 0 (0.0%) 1 (0.5%)
 Full-time student 1 (1.0%) 8 (7.6%) 9 (4.3%)
Occupation: n (%)
 Modern professional 22 (26.2%) 17 (24.3%) 39 (25.3%)
 Clerical 9 (10.7%) 9 (12.9%) 18 (11.7%)
 Senior manager/administration 11 (13.1%) 11 (15.7%) 22 (14.3%)
 Technical 7 (8.3%) 8 (11.4%) 15 (9.7%)
 Semi-routine manual/service 13 (15.5%) 6 (8.6%) 19 (12.3%)
 Routine manual/service 7 (8.3%) 2 (2.9%) 9 (5.8%)
 Middle/junior manager 6 (7.1%) 10 (14.3%) 16 (10.4%)
 Traditional professional 9 (10.7%) 7 (10.0%) 16 (10.4%)
Missing 20 35 55
Highest Qualification: n (%)
 No formal 6 (5.8%) 7 (6.7%) 13 (6.2%)
 GCSE or similar 22 (21.2%) 20 (19.1%) 42 (20.1%)
 A/AS Level or similar 24 (23.1%) 28 (26.7%) 52 (24.9%)
 Degree or similar 46 (44.2%) 44 (41.9%) 90 (43.1%)
 Other 6 (5.8%) 6 (5.7%) 12 (5.7%)
Heaviness of smoking index: n (%)
 Low 36 (34.6%) 29 (27.6%) 65 (31.1%)
 Moderate 57 (54.8%) 67 (63.8%) 124 (59.3%)
 High 11 (10.6%) 9 (8.6%) 20 (9.6%)
Frequency of urges to smoke (FUTS): n (%)
 A little of the time 12 (11.5%) 5 (4.8%) 17 (8.1%)
 Some of the time 29 (27.9%) 39 (37.1%) 68 (32.5%)
 A lot of the time 39 (37.5%) 47 (44.8%) 86 (41.2%)
 Almost all the time 17 (16.4%) 6 (5.7%) 23 (11.0%)
 All the time 7 (6.7%) 8 (7.6%) 15 (7.2%)
Strength of urges to smoke (SUTS): n (%)
 No urges 1 (1.0%) 0 (0.0%) 1 (0.5%)
 Slight urges 5 (4.8%) 6 (5.7%) 11 (5.3%)
 Moderate urges 36 (34.6%) 49 (46.7%) 85 (40.7%)
 Strong urges 38 (36.5%) 31 (29.5%) 69 (33.0%)
 Very strong urges 20 (19.2%) 14 (13.3%) 34 (16.3%)
 Extremely strong urges 4 (3.9%) 5 (4.8%) 9 (4.3%)
EQ-5D-5L utility score: mean (SD) 0.79 (0.22) 0.77 (0.21) 0.78 (0.22)
Missing 1 0 1
WISDM Automaticity subscale score: mean (SD) 4.71 (1.87) 4.79 (1.62) 4.75 (1.75)
WISDM Associative processes subscale score: mean (SD) 4.70 (1.34) 4.50 (1.34) 4.60 (1.34)
Self-efficacy score: mean (SD) 1.69 (0.92) 1.65 (0.81) 1.67 (0.87)

WISDM = Wisconsin Inventory of Smoking Dependence Motives.