Table 2.
Quality of life, life skills, personality traits and smoked tobacco dependence among participants attending LSTCSP (2017–2022)
| Smoked Tobacco Dependence |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean score (SD) |
P* | |||
| Yes | No | Total | ||
| Quality of life | ||||
| Physical quality of life (n=317) | 77.56 (12.7) | 78.74 (11.3) | 78.04 (12.2) | 0.398 |
| Psychological quality of life (n=316) | 70.43 (11.2) | 70.03 (10.0) | 70.27 (10.7) | 0.742 |
| Social quality of life (n=311) | 77.58 (15.8) | 77.56 (15.5) | 77.57 (15.6) | 0.990 |
| Environmental quality of life (n=318) | 68.73 (13.0) | 70.66 (13.5) | 69.52 (13.2) | 0.201 |
| Life skills | ||||
| Decision making (n=318) | 36.59 (3.9) | 36.15 (4.3) | 36.41 (4.0) | 0.341 |
| Problem solving (n=318) | 53.11 (6.4) | 53.48 (6.1) | 53.26 (6.3) | 0.610 |
| Empathy (n=315) | 47.06 (5.6) | 47.62 (5.6) | 47.29 (5.6) | 0.395 |
| Self-awareness (n=314) | 40.52 (5.3) | 41.04 (4.9) | 40.73 (5.2) | 0.378 |
| Communication skills (n=318) | 37.72 (4.6) | 38.05 (4.4) | 37.86 (4.5) | 0.519 |
| Interpersonal relationship (n=315) | 71.82 (7.8) | 72.53 (7.8) | 72.11 (7.8) | 0.431 |
| Coping with emotions (n=319) | 35.47 (4.3) | 35.49 (4.2) | 35.48 (4.3) | 0.956 |
| Coping with stress (n=319) | 34.24 (4.7) | 34.74 (4.4) | 34.45 (4.6) | 0.345 |
| Creative thinking (n=318) | 54.20 (7.4) | 54.95 (7.2) | 54.50 (7.3) | 0.366 |
| Critical thinking (n=317) | 39.17 (5.3) | 39.16 (5.4) | 39.16 (5.3) | 0.995 |
| Overall life skills level+ (n=305) | 0.197 | |||
| Low life skills | 20 (74.1) | 7 (25.9) | 27 (8.8) | |
| Moderate life skills | 45 (54.9) | 37 (45.1) | 82 (26.9) | |
| High life skills | 112 (57.1) | 84 (42.9) | 196 (64.3) | |
| Personality traits | ||||
| Extraversion (n=268) | 3.44 (0.8) | 3.62 (0.8) | 3.51 (0.8) | 0.082 |
| Agreeableness (n=271) | 3.87 (0.7) | 3.77 (0.6) | 3.83 (0.6) | 0.236 |
| Conscientiousness (n=269) | 3.99 (0.7) | 3.87 (0.7) | 3.95 (0.7) | 0.167 |
| Neuroticism (n=271) | 2.07 (0.7) | 2.25 (0.7) | 2.14 (0.7) | 0.048 |
| Openness (n=270) | 3.11 (0.4) | 3.06 (0.3) | 3.09 (0.4) | 0.275 |
SD=Standard deviation. *P-value for Chi-square test for independence for categorical variables and independent t-test for continuous variables; +Whole numbers indicate frequency and figures in parenthesis indicate percentage