Table 2:
Six month post-intervention outcomes and process variables
| Total n (%) |
Case Management n (%) |
Standard Care Control n (%) |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OUTCOME VARIABLES | ||||
| Use of pharmacotherapy (PP) | 7/55 (12.7) | 6/28 (21.4) | 1/27 (3.7) | 0.10* |
| Use of pharmacotherapy (ITT) | 7/80 (8.7) | 6/40 (15.0) | 1/40 (2.5) | 0.10* |
| Use of quitline (PP) | 7/55 (12.7) | 5/28 (17.8) | 2/27 (7.4) | 0.42* |
| Use of quitline (ITT) | 7/80 (8.7) | 5/40 (12.5) | 2/40 (5.0) | 0.43* |
| 7-day point prevalence abstinence (PP) | 15/55 (27.2) | 8/28 (28.5) | 7/27 (25.9) | 0.82 |
| 7-day point prevalence abstinence (ITT) | 15/80 (18.7) | 8/40 (20.0) | 7/40 (17.5) | 0.77 |
| PROCESS VARIABLES | ||||
| Reasons for not using pharmacotherapy A | ||||
| They thought it was expensive | 29/48 (60.4) | 10/22 (45.4) | 19/26 (73.0) | 0.05 |
| They thought it was hard to access | 25/48 (52.0) | 11/22 (50.0) | 14/26 (53.8) | 0.79 |
| They thought it had side effects | 30/48 (62.5) | 13/22 (59.0) | 17/26 (65.3) | 0.65 |
| They thought it was not effective to quit smoking | 28/48 (58.3) | 13/22 (59.0) | 15/26 (57.6) | 0.92 |
| They thought it was addictive | 29/48 (60.4) | 13/22 (59.0) | 16/26 (61.5) | 0.86 |
| They wanted to quit without pharmacotherapy | 36/48 (75.0) | 16/22 (72.7) | 20/26 (76.9) | 0.74 |
| They thought obtaining pharmacotherapy would take too long | 29/48 (60.4) | 12/22 (54.5) | 17/26 (65.3) | 0.44 |
| They thought obtaining pharmacotherapy required too much paperwork | 26/48 (54.1) | 10/22 (45.4) | 16/26 (61.5) | 0.26 |
| Reasons for not using quitline B | ||||
| The quitline never called back after they contacted them | 11/48 (22.9) | 4/23 (17.3) | 7/25 (28.0) | 0.49* |
| They did not like talking to counselors | 11/48 (22.9) | 4/23 (17.1) | 7/25 (28.0) | 0.49* |
| They were not available when the quitline called | 10/48 (20.8) | 5/23 (21.7) | 5/25 (20.0) | 0.88 |
| They did not think counseling is an effective method to quit | 12/48 (25.0) | 5/23 (21.7) | 7/25 (28.0) | 0.61 |
| Approval for cessation resources | ||||
| Applied for pharmaceutical assistance program | 8/80 (10.0) | 8/40 (20.0) | 0/40 (0) | 0.005* |
| Approved by pharmaceutical assistance program | 8/8 (100) | 8/8 (100) | 0/0 (0) | - |
Boldface indicates statistical significance (p<0.05)
PP: Per-protocol
ITT: Intent-to treat: none of the missing cases used cessation resources or quit
A:
analysis excludes participants lost to follow-up and those who self-reported using pharmacotherapy
B:
analysis excludes participants lost to follow-up and those who self-reported using the quitline.
*
Fisher’s exact probability test