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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Community Health. 2014 Oct;39(5):879–885. doi: 10.1007/s10900-014-9843-9

Table 2.

Delivery of smoking cessation services among smokers, overall and by medical office

Variables Office Locations
Office A (n=188) Office B (n=134) Office C (n=300) Office D (n=300) Total (n= 922) p-value
n % n % n % n % n %
Smoking last recorded as a vital sign? Yes 187 100% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 187 20% p<0.001
No 1 0.5% 131 100% 299 100% 300 100% 731 80%
Smoking status assessed at last office visit? Yes 148 79% 59 45% 201 67% 190 63% 598 65% p=0.000
No 40 21% 72 55% 98 33% 110 37% 320 35%
Was patient advised to quit? Yes 83 46% 80 63% 187 64% 165 60% 515 59% p=0.001
No 96 54% 47 37% 104 36% 108 40% 355 41%
Was readiness to quit assessed? Yes 58 32% 21 17% 102 35% 31 11% 212 24% p<0.001
No 121 68% 106 83% 189 65% 242 89% 658 76%
Is patient ready to quit in the next 30 days? Yes 4 2% 5 4% 0 0% 5 2% 14 2% p=0.021
No 175 98% 121 96% 291 100% 268 98% 855 95%
Was quit date established? Yes 3 2% 2 2% 0 0% 5 2% 10 1% p=0.163
No 176 98% 124 98% 290 100% 268 98% 858 99%
Was pharmacotherapy offered? Yes 39 22% 25 21% 98 34% 39 14% 201 23% p<0.001
No 140 78% 97 80% 193 64% 234 86% 664 77%
Was patient counseled in office? Yes 39 22% 24 19% 107 34% 13 5% 183 21% p<0.001
No 140 78% 103 81% 184 63% 260 95% 687 79%
Was patient referred for counseling Yes 1 1% 0 0% 17 6% 0 0% 18 2% p<0.001
No 178 99% 127 100% 274 94% 273 100% 852 98%
Was patient referred to NYSSQLa? Yes 7 4% 63 50% 44 15% 16 6% 128 15% p<0.001
No 172 96% 64 50% 247 85% 257 94% 723 85%
Was cessation follow up scheduled? Yes 0 0% 14 11% 2 1% 2 1% 18 2% p<0.001
No 179 100% 112 89% 289 99% 271 99% 832 98%
Was follow up with patient completed? Yes 0 0% 4 3% 1 0.3% 2 1% 7 1% p=0.012
No 178 100% 121 97% 290 100% 271 99% 841 99%
a

New York State Smokers Quit Line