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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 3.

Delivering the 5 R’sa to smokers, overall and by medical office.

Variables Office Locations Total (n= 922) p-value
Office A (n=188) Office B (n=134) Office C (n=300) Office D (n=300)
n % n % n % n % n %
If patient was ready to quit, was Relevance reviewed? Yes 14 8% 10 9% 37 13% 0 0% 61 7% p=0.001
No 161 92% 107 92% 254 87% 269 100% 77% 93%
If patient was ready to quit, were Risks reviewed? Yes 19 11% 18 15% 47 16% 24 9% 104 13% p=0.022
No 156 89% 99 85% 244 84% 245 91% 730 88%
If patient was ready to quit, were Rewards reviewed? Yes 4 2% 3 3% 13 5% 4 2% 24 3% p=0.224
No 171 98% 114 97% 278 96% 265 98% 810 97%
If patient was ready to quit, were Roadblocks reviewed? Yes 4 2% 3 3% 13 5% 4 2% 24 3% p=0.167
No 171 98% 114 97% 278 96% 265 98% 810 97%
If patient was ready to quit, was Repetition employed? Yes 4 2% 3 3% 13 5% 4 2% 24 3% p=0.266
No 171 98% 114 97% 278 96% 265 98% 810 97%
5 R’sa Mean 0.21 0.25 0.33 0.08 0.21 p=0.000b
Median 0 0 0 0 0
Range 0–3 0–4 0–3 0–2 0–4
a

Relevance, Risks, Rewards, Roadblocks, Repetition

b

Median test