Table 1.
Characteristics of practice nurses and comparison of characteristics between intervention and control groups.
| Characteristics | Overall sample (N=269) |
Intervention group (n=147) |
Control group (n=122) |
Chi-square | T (degrees of freedom) |
P value | |
| Age in years, mean (SD) | 47.3 (9.5) | 48.0 (9.6) | 46.5 (9.4) | N/Aa | −1.345 (267) | .18 | |
| Female, n (%) | 263 (97.8) | 143 (97.3) | 120 (98.4) | X21=0.4 | N/A | .55 | |
| Smoking status, n (%) |
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X22=0.4 | N/A | .84 | |
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Nonsmoker | 151 (56.1) | 84 (57.1) | 67 (54.9) |
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Ex-smoker | 115 (42.8) | 61 (41.5) | 54 (44.3) |
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Smoker | 3 (1.1) | 2 (1.4) | 1 (0.8) |
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| Employed in >1 practice, n (%) | 127 (47.2) | 70 (47.6) | 57 (46.7) | X21=0.0 | N/A | .88 | |
| Working hours, mean (SD) | 25.7 (7.4) | 25.7 (7.5) | 25.7 (7.4) | N/A | −0.007 (267) | .99 | |
| Registration in Stop Smoking Quality Register, n (%) | 180 (66.9) | 95 (64.6) | 85 (69.7) | X21=0.8 | N/A | .38 | |
| Counseling experience in years, mean (SD) | 5.6 (3.7) | 5.5 (3.6) | 5.8 (3.8) | N/A | -0.602 (267) | .55 | |
| Consulting hours present, n (%) | 128 (47.6) | 57 (38.8) | 71 (58.2) | X21=10.1 | N/A | .001 | |
| Registration of smoking status in patient files, n (%) | 249 (92.6) | 135 (91.8) | 114 (93.4) | X21=0.3 | N/A | .62 | |
| Number of counseled patients during the trial, mean (SD) | 5.6 (4.4) | 5.8 (4.1) | 5.3 (4.8) | N/A | -0.700 (209) | .49 | |
aN/A: not applicable.