Table 3.
Status at visit | First to second | Second to third | Third to fourth | Fourth to fifth | |||||||||
Status at V1 | Status at V2 | Status at V2 | Status at V3 | Status at V3 | Status at V4 | Status at V4 | Status at V5 | ||||||
N | 6461 | 6461 | 2714 | 2714 | 1062 | 1062 | 583 | 583 | |||||
% of previous wave | 27.0 | 42.0 | 39.1 | 54.9 | |||||||||
% of total sample | 27.0 | 11.5 | 4.5 | 2.5 | |||||||||
Average interval (days) | 19.3 | 22.8 | 28.6 | 36.2 | |||||||||
To prevent relapse | |||||||||||||
Quit since last visit | N/A | 53.4 | 64.2 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 5.6 | 6.2 | 3.9 | |||||
Quit before last visit | |||||||||||||
< 1 month | 4.8a | 3.5 | 5.0 | 52.1 | 57.8 | 38.7 | 44.6 | 27.6 | |||||
≧ 1 month | 1.3a | 2.0 | 2.1 | 13.1 | 12.0 | 38.3 | 37.2 | 54.4 | |||||
Total Quit | 6.1 | 58.9 | 71.3 | 77.0 | 83.3 | 82.6 | 88.0 | 85.9 | |||||
To recover from relapse | |||||||||||||
Relapse < 1 week ago | 9.5 | 14.2 | 7.9 | 9.3 | 5.7 | 6.2 | 5.3 | 4.3 | |||||
To make a quit attempt | |||||||||||||
Relapse ≧ 1 week ago | 15.9 | 4.8 | 2.9 | 4.3 | 2.8 | 5.6 | 3.1 | 6.3 | |||||
Failed quit before last visit | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2.4 | 1.7 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 2.6 | |||||
New quit attempt | 15.9 | 4.8 | 2.9 | 6.7 | 4.5 | 9.0 | 4.5 | 8.9 | |||||
No previous quit attempts | 68.4 | 22.0 | 17.8 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 0.9 | |||||
Total use to make a new attempt on that wave | 84.3 | 26.8 | 20.7 | 13.7 | 11.0 | 11.2 | 6.7 | 9.8 |
aFirst visit refers to time quit, as there is no previous visit.