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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Patient Educ Couns. 2009 Sep 30;79(2):152–155. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2009.09.004

Table 3. Parent Factors and Motivation to Quit.

Overall
N (%)
Motivation to Quit
Mean (SD)
P-Value

Worry very much about child's health Yes 115 (55) 6.99 (2.67) .418
No 93 (45) 6.69 (2.69)

Overall rating of child's health is fair or poor Yes 56 (27) 6.50 (3.05) .245
No 152 (73) 6.99 (2.52)

Caregiver Quality of Life, mean ± SD 5.29 ± 1.22 ˆ R=.016 .819

Parent Stress Score, mean ± SD 10.04 ± 3.40 ˆ R=.038 .582

Parent Depression, mean ± SD 21.45 ± 9.37 ˆ R=.038 .582

Parent perception of good asthma control Yes 167 (80) 6.65 (2.66) .031
No 42 (20) 7.64 (2.60)

Symptoms would decrease if quit smoking Yes 63 (33) 7.46 (2.24) .023
No 130 (67) 6.53 (2.82)
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Correlation coefficient