Table 2.
Baseline assessment of tobacco exposure in relation to: self-reported smoking, nicotine dependence, motivation for giving up smoking and motivational stages of change.
| Intervention Group (n=59) | Control Group (n=63) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (±SD) | Mean (±SD) | p | |
| Pattern of tobacco use (cigarettes/day) | |||
| At what age did you start smoking? | 18.0±4.8 | 17.5±5.3 | 0.593 |
| How many cigarettes did you smoke before the transplant? | 16.6±11.3 | 16.2±10.4 | 0.838 |
| How many cigarettes did you smoke at the time of the transplant? | 11.7±10.7 | 10.8±8.5 | 0.617 |
| What is the consumption of cigarettes at the beginning of the trial? | 12±9.1 | 12.5±8.3 | 0.772 |
| Nicotine dependence (Fagerström test) | 1.54±1.8 | 1.94±2.3 | 0.545 |
| Motivation for giving up smoking (Richmond test) | 6.1±2.3 | 6.1±2.0 | 0.930 |
| n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Positive urine cotinine test | 59 (100) | 63 (100) | -- |
| Fagerström test by categories | 0.153 | ||
| ≤ 4 Low dependence | 56 (94.9) | 53 (84.1) | |
| 5-6 Moderate dependence | 2 (3.4) | 6 (9.5) | |
| ≥ 7 High dependence | 1 (1.7) | 4 (6.3) | |
| Motivational stages of change (Prochaska and DiClemente's stages) | 0.950 | ||
| Pre-contemplation | 33 (54.0) | 34 (54.0) | |
| Contemplation | 7 (11.9) | 7 (11.1) | |
| Preparation | 19 (22.2) | 22 (34.9) | |
| Richmond test by categories | 0.805 | ||
| ≥7 High motivation | 24 (44.4) | 23 (42.6) | |
| 5-6 Average Motivation | 18 (33.3) | 21 (38.9) | |
| ≤4 Low motivation | 12 (22.2) | 10 (18.5) |