Table 4.
Effects of intervention on nicotine withdrawal symptoms and urges to smoke
| Intervention Mean (SD) | Control Mean (SD) | Difference (95%CI) intervention minus control1 | |
| Withdrawal symptoms | |||
| MPSS-M baseline | 8.9 (3.3) | 10.9 (4.0) | |
| MPSS-M week 1 | 10.1 (3.3) | 10.4 (2.5) | -0.6 (-3.4 to 2.9) |
| MPSS-M week 2 | 9.4 (3.1) | 10.6 (3.6) | -0.1 (-2.6 to 2.4) |
| MPSS-M week 3 | 8.5 (2.1) | 10.6 (2.9) | -1.8 (-5.3 to 1.8) |
| MPSS-M week 4 | 8.6 (2.7) | 10.8 (3.4) | -1.1 (-4.5 to 2.3) |
| Urges to smoke | |||
| MPSS-C week 1 | 7.1 (1.8) | 7.0 (2.2) | 0.1 (-1.6 to 1.8) |
| MPSS-C week 2 | 7.6 (1.8) | 7.2 (2.6) | 0.4 (-1.6 to 2.3) |
| MPSS-C week 3 | 7.0 (1.4) | 6.3 (2.8) | 0.7 (-2.0 to 3.5) |
| MPSS-C week 4 | 8.3 (2.0) | 7.3 (2.5) | 1.0 (-1.4 to 3.4) |
1 Adjusted for baseline for MPSS-M values but not MPSS-C in accord with instructions for the scale