Table 1.
Participants’ characteristics by country (n=602).
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Country | Total | χ2 (P) | |||||
| Characteristics | AU n (%) | UK n (%) | US n (%) | n (%) |
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| Age, mean (SD) (years) | 33.2 (9.4) | 30.8 (9.9) | 32.6 (10.2) | 32.2 (9.9) | - | |||
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Sex
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30.4 (.001) |
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Female | 65 (49.6) |
79 (46.5) |
210 (69.8) | 354 (58.8) |
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Male | 66 (50.4) | 91 (53.5) | 91 (30.2) | 248 (41.2) |
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| Education |
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28.7 (.001) |
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High school | 73 (55.7) |
67 (39.4) |
161 (53.5) |
301 (50.0) |
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Diploma/Associate | 12 (9.2) |
33 (19.4) |
57 (18.9) |
102 (16.9) |
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Graduate (Bachelor) | 21 (16) | 25 (14) |
32 (10) | 78 (13) |
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Master Degree or higher | 5 (3) |
5 (2) |
19 (6) |
29 (4) |
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Others | 20 (15) | 40 (23) | 32 (10) | 92 (15) |
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| Language spoken at home |
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5.5 (.64) |
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English | 117 (89.3) |
157 (92.4) | 287 (95.3) | 561 (93.2) | |||
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Others (14 Languages) | 14 (10) |
13 (7) | 14 (4) | 41 (6) | |||
| OS |
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3.7 (.15) |
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Apple | 105 (80.2) |
135 (79.4) |
220 (73.1) |
460 (76.4) |
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Android | 26 (19.8) | 35 (20.6) | 81 (26.9) | 142 (23.6) |
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| Nicotine dependency (Fagerström) |
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20.9 (.009) |
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Very low (0-2) | 21 (16.0) | 39 (22.9) | 64 (21.3) | 124 (20.6) |
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Low (3-4) | 23 (17.6) | 39 (22.9) | 82 (27.2) | 144 (23.9) |
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Medium (5) | 17 (13) | 28 (16) | 39 (13) | 84 (14) |
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High (6-7) | 43 (32.8) | 31 (18.2) | 82 (27.2) | 156 (25.9) |
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Very high (8-10) | 27 (20) | 33 (19) | 34 (11) | 94 (15) |
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| Stage of change |
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11.2 (.02) |
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Next 30 days (preparation) | 93 (71.0) |
125 (73.5) |
247 (82.1) |
465 (77.2) |
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Next 6 months (contemplation) | 28 (21.4) | 31 (18.2) |
45 (15.0) |
104 (17.3) |
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Not thinking of quitting (precontemplation) | 10 (7) | 14 (8) | 9 (3) | 33 (5) |
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| Number of quitting attempts last year |
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4.9 (.55) |
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1 time | 35 (26.7) | 33 (19.4) | 56 (18.6) | 124 (20.6) | |||
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2 times | 21 (16.0) | 36 (21.2) | 66 (21.9) | 123 (20.4) | |||
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3 or more | 32 (24.4) | 46 (27.1) | 82 (27.2) | 160 (26.6) | |||
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Never | 43 (32.8) | 55 (32.4) | 97 (32.2) | 195 (32.4) | |||
| Used smoking cessation apps before? |
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1.4 (.48) |
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Yes | 77 (58.8) | 93 (54.7) | 158 (52.5) | 328 (54.5) | |||
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No | 54 (41.2) | 77 (45.3) | 143 (47.5) | 274 (45.5) | |||
| Made quitting attempt using an app? (n=328) |
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1.0 (.60) |
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Yes | 56 (46.2) | 74 (79.5) | 118 (74.6) | 248 (75.6) | |||
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No | 21 (53) | 19 (20) | 40 (25) | 80 (24) | |||