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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Rural Health. 2012 May 31;29(1):106–112. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2012.00415.x

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics and bivariate relations between predictors and self-engagement and cessation outcomes at 36 months among recalcitrant smokers (N = 333)

Use of any cessation
medication in 30–36
months (n = 95, 28.5%)
At least one 24-hour quit
attempt in 30–36 months
(n = 161, 48.6%)
7-day point prevalence
quit status at 36 months
(n = 15, 4.5%)

Categorical predictors N %
Yes
OR
(95% CI)
%
Yes
OR
(95% CI)
%
Quit
OR
(95% CI)

Treatment condition
     PM (Referent) 131 27.48 --- 52.67 --- 5.34 ---
     LDM 109 30.28 1.15
(0.65, 2.01)
41.67 0.64
(0.38, 1.07)
3.67 0.68
(0.79, 2.37)
     HDM 93 27.96 1.02
(0.57, 1.85)
51.09 0.94
(0.55, 1.60)
4.30 0.80
(0.23, 2.80)
Gender
     Female (Referent) 207 33.18 --- 48.54 --- 4.83 ---
     Male 126 23.02 0.64
(0.385, 1.061)
48.80 1.01
(0.65, 1.58)
3.97 0.81
(0.27, 2.44)
Stage of change
     Pre-contemplation (Referent) 77 23.38 --- 36.36 --- 3.90 ---
     Contemplation 156 26.92 1.21
(0.64, 2.28)
41.56 1.24
(0.71, 2.19)
3.21 0.82
(0.19, 3.51)
     Preparation 96 35.42 1.80
(0.92, 3.53)
69.79 4.04
(2.14, 7.64)
7.29 1.94
(0.49, 7.77)
NRT use in 30–36 months
     No (Referent) 289 --- --- 44.64 --- 4.50 ---
     Yes 42 --- --- 76.19 3.97
(1.88, 8.38)
2.38 0.52
(0.07, 4.06)
Bupropion use in 30–36 months
     No (Referent) 315 --- --- 47.62 --- 4.44 ---
     Yes 16 --- --- 68.75 2.42
(0.82, 7.12)
0.00 ---
Varenicline use in 30–36 months
     No (Referent) 285 --- --- 44.56 --- 2.46 ---
     Yes 46 --- --- 73.91 3.53
(1.75, 7.09)
15.22 7.13
(2.37, 21.41)
Metropolitan status
     Metro (Referent) 82 32.93 --- 48.15 --- 6.10 ---
     Non-metro 251 27.09 0.757
(0.442, 1.296)
48.80 1.026
(0.622, 1.695)
3.98 0.63
(0.212, 1.927)
Use of any cessation
medication in 30–36
months
At least one 24-hour quit
attempt in 30–36 months
7-day point prevalence quit
status at 36 months

Continuous predictors Yes
mean
(SD)
No
mean
(SD)
P Yes
Mean
(SD)
No
mean
(SD)
P Quit
mean
(SD)
Not
quit
mean
(SD)
P

Cigarettes smoked per day at 24
months
15.04
(9.53)
15.18
(9.33)
.91 12.48
(7.28)
17.72
(10.42)
< .0001 12.33
(5.68)
15.27
(9.50)
.08
Motivation to quit at 24 monthsa 8.80
(1.71)
8.19
(2.35)
.01 8.63
(1.97)
8.11
(2.38)
.03 7.00
(2.88)
8.43
(2.15)
.08
Confidence to quit at 24 months+ 6.10
(2.78)
5.60
(2.82)
.15 5.92
(2.74)
5.53
(2.88)
.20 5.73
(3.39)
5.74
(2.79)
.99
Number of pharmacotherapy-
assisted quit attempts between 0–24
months
1.89
(1.28)
1.51
(1.22)
.01 1.86
(1.28)
1.41
(1.17)
< .001 1.27
(1.10)
1.64
(1.25)
.22

Note: PM = Pharmacotherapy management alone; LDM = Low level of disease management; HDM = High level of disease management.

a

Motivation and confidence to quit scores range from 0 to 10.