Table 2.
Sample characteristics by study arm (n=151).
| Personal characteristics | Control (n=75) |
Intervention (n=76) |
Statistical comparison | P value | |
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Mean (SD) or % (n) |
Mean (SD) or %( n) |
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| Demographic characteristics |
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Age (range 19-62 years) | 35.6 (10.3) | 36.1 (9.5) | t 149=-0.30 | 0.76 |
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Female | 32.0% (24) | 46.1% (35) | χ2 1=3.1 | 0.08 |
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Low income (< 2000 Turkish lira per month) |
49.3% (37) | 30.3% (23) | χ2 1=5.7 | 0.02 |
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Married | 65.3% (49) | 55.3% (42) | χ2 1=1.6 | 0.21 |
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Low educational attainment (high school education or lower) |
50.7% (38) | 36.8% (28) | χ2 1=2.9 | 0.09 |
| Smoking characteristics |
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|
|
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Average number of cigarettes smoked per day (range 7-40) |
20.4 (9.2) | 18.7 (7.2) | t 149=1.2 | 0.21 |
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|
Age at first cigarette (range 6-29 years) |
17.1 (3.6) | 17.5 (3.7) | t 149=-0.71 | 0.48 |
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|
Fagerström score (range 0-10) |
4.9 (2.5) | 4.8 (2.3) | t 149 =0.27 | 0.79 |
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Smoking triggers (range 17-65) |
38.3 (9.2) | 41.9 (7.3) | t 149=-2.7 | 0.01 |
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Difficulty not smoking when faced with stressors (range 13-45) [46] |
32.4 (7.8) | 34.8 (5.8) | t 149=-2.2 | 0.03 |
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Good things about smoking (range 3-15) [46] |
5.8 (2.2) | 5.9 (2.7) | t 149=-0.43 | 0.66 |
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|
Bad things about smoking (range 8-40) [46] |
33.1 (8.0) | 35.5 (6.2) | t 149=-2.1 | 0.04 |
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Narghile smoking (ever in the past year) | 24.0% (18) | 25.0% (19) | χ2 1=0.02 | 0.89 |
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Smoker living in the household | 48.0% (36) | 42.1% (32) | χ2 1=0.5 | 0.47 |
| Quitting characteristics |
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|
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Importance of quitting to self (range 4-10) [47] | 9.0 (1.4) | 8.9 (1.6) | t 149=0.37 | 0.71 |
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Confidence in one's ability to quit (range 0-10) [47] | 6.0 (2.5) | 6.0 (2.4) | t 149=0.00 | 0.99 |
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Number of quit attempts in the past year (range 0-5+) | 2.4 (1.5) | 2.4 (1.5) | t 149=-0.09 | 0.93 |
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Number of reasons to quit (range 1-8) | 2.7 (1.7) | 2.9 (1.6) | t 149=-0.81 | 0.42 |
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Number of concerns about quitting (range 1-10) | 3.5 (2.0) | 3.9 (1.9) | t 149=-1.3 | 0.20 |
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Good things about quitting (range 2-10) [46] | 7.6 (1.9) | 8.2 (1.7) | t 149=-1.8 | 0.07 |
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Bad things about quitting (range 6-29) [46] | 18.3 (5.1) | 18.8 (4.8) | t 149=-0.64 | 0.52 |
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Planning on using a evidence-based quitting aid | 34.7% (26) | 31.6% (24) | χ2 1=0.2 | 0.69 |
| Psychosocial characteristics |
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Social support from a “special person” (range 4-20) |
14.9 (4.0) | 16.1 (3.6) | t 149=-2.0 | 0.05 |
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Social support from family (range 4-20) |
15.7 (3.5) | 16.8 (3.2) | t 149=-2.0 | 0.05 |
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|
Social support from friends (range 4-20) |
15.4 (3.1) | 16.3 (3.2) | t 149=-1.8 | 0.07 |
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Problem drinking | 29.3% (22) | 40.8% (31) | χ2 1=2.2 | 0.14 |