Table 3.

Wisconsin Smoking Withdrawal Scale and Self-Efficacy Assessment (WSWS) mean scores at 1 week and 3 months

	1 week			3 months
Scale	Intervention group avg. score (SDa) (n = 16)	Usual care avg. score (SDa) (n = 21)	p-value*	Intervention group avg. score (SDa) (n = 11)	Usual care avg. score (SDa) (n = 15)	p-value*
Anxiety	2.9 (1.4)	3.1 (1.2)	0.543	2.5 (1.3)	3.5 (1.4)	0.052
Impatience	2.6 (1.2)	3.00 (1.4)	0.321	2.4 (1.1)	2.8 (1.4)	0.397
Bothered by Negative Moods	2.8 (1.3)	2.9 (1.4)	0.734	2.5 (1.2)	2.9 (1.2)	0.518
Irritable or easily angered	2.6 (1.5)	2.9 (1.4)	0.625	2.5 (1.1)	2.6 (1.3)	0.768
Depressed or Sad	2.8 (1.3)	2.6 (1.2)	0.568	2.4 (1.4)	2.6 (1.1)	0.632
Hopeless or Discouraged	2.5 (1.2)	2.2 (1.0)	0.407	2 (1.1)	2.5 (1.1)	0.285
Difficulty Paying Attention	2.6 (1.4)	2.1 (0.9)	0.270	2.2 (1.3)	2.5 (1.2)	0.560
Difficulty Thinking Clearly	2.4 (1.2)	2.2 (1.0)	0.497	2.0 (1.1)	2.5 (1.1)	0.239
Think of Food a lot	2.5 (1.5)	3.2 (1.2)	0.137	2.1 (1.0)	3.1 (1.1)	0.020
Hunger	2.8 (1.1)	3.4 (1.2)	0.090	2.5 (1.1)	3.3 (1.2)	0.075
Craving	2.8 (1.3)	3.1 (1.1)	0.473	2.6 (1.4)	2.9 (1.4)	0.592
Self-Efficacy Assessment**	2.1 (0.9)	2.7 (1.2)	0.088	2.4 (1.2)	2.2 (0.9)	0.642

^aSD = Standard deviation

^*Data analyzed using t-tests

WSWS scores are measured on an agreement scale of 1 – 5; 1 = “strongly disagree”. 2 = “disagree”, 3 = “neutral” 4 = “agree”, 5 = “strongly agree”

**One subject did not respond to the self-efficacy statement in the intervention group; (N = 10)