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Published in final edited form as: Am J Prev Med. 2009 Sep;37(3):248–254. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2009.04.027

Table 2.

Frequency of 5A’s tasks among 131 smokers

5A’s task	Number eligible	Kappa^a	Accomplished n (%)	Accomplished by patient n (%)^b
Ask	131		78 (60)	20 (26)
Advise	78	0.79	38 (49)	9 (24)
Assess	78	0.58	48 (61)	25 (52)
Assist	78	0.93	39 (50)	15 (38)
Arrange	78	1.00	2 (3)	0 (0)

Kappa computed between two raters, n=57 cases

The number of instances accomplished by the patient divided by the total number of instances accomplished (e.g., 20/78=25.6%)