Table 1.
Baseline Characteristics of the Sample (Those Who Received Study Medication From Pharmacy)
Characteristic | Overall N = 1,161 |
Demographics | |
Age in years, M (SD) | 47.3 (10.9) |
Gender (% female) | 66.8 |
Race (% White) | 89.6 |
Years of formal schooling, M (SD) | 14.1 (2.2) |
Marital status (% married) | 64.0 |
Smoking history | |
Cigarettes per day, M (SD) | 19.7 (8.1) |
FTND, M (SD) | 5.0 (2.1) |
Other smokers in home (% yes) | 44.3 |
Quitting history | |
Quit attempt past year (% yes) | 48.2 |
Longest previous quit of 6 months or more (% yes) | 36.5 |
Previous use of NRT (% yes) | 83.0 |
Previous use of bupropion (% yes) | 49.2 |
Psychosocial, M (SD) | |
Depression scale | 0.9 (0.7) |
Medication attitudes, M (SD) | |
Positive treatment outcome expectations | 4.4 (0.6) |
Negative treatment outcome expectations | 2.2 (0.9) |
Total varenicline adherence self-efficacy items | 9.4 (0.6) |
Stick to schedule if having severe withdrawal symptoms | 8.1 (2.3) |
Stick to schedule if having annoying side effects | 7.5 (2.3) |
Note. FTND = Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence; NRT = nicotine replacement therapy.