Table 3.
Factors influencing smoking cessation success.
| Abstinent N (%) |
Non-Abstinent N (%) |
Total N (%) |
Statistical Significance |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age group (years) | ||||
| 21–39 | 20 (54.1) | 17(45.9) | 37 (100) | χ2 = 8.772, |
| 40–59 | 26 (44.1) | 33 (55.9) | 59 (100) | p = 0.119 |
| ≥60 | 24 (63.2) | 14 (2) | 38 (100) | |
| Gender | Fisher’s exact test, | |||
| Male | 33 (41.8) | 46 (58.2) | 79 (100) | p = 0.084 |
| Female | 32 (57.1) | 24 (42.9) | 56 (100) | |
| Education | ||||
| <Middle + middle school | 27 (44.3) | 34 (55.7) | 61 (100) | |
| Secondary | 27 (56.3) | 21 (43.8) | 48 (100) | χ2 = 4.607 |
| Higher | 16 (69.6) | 7 (30.4) | 23 (100) | p = 0.099 |
| Motivation for cessation | ||||
| Weak | 12 (48) | 13 (52) | 25 (100) | |
| Moderate | 36 (50.7) | 35 (49.3) | 61 (100) | χ2 = 1.052, |
| High | 17 (60.7) | 11 (39.3) | 28 (100) | p = 0.588 |
| Nicotine dependence | ||||
| Low | 16 (55.2) | 13 (44.8) | 29 (100) | |
| Medium | 27 (47.4) | 30 (52.6) | 57 (100) | χ2 = 0.911, |
| High | 22 (56.4) | 17 (43.6) | 39 (100) | p = 0.661 |
| Pharmacological therapy | Fisher’s exact test, | |||
| Yes | 68 (58.6) | 48 (41.4) | 116 (100) | p < 0.001 |
| No | 2 (11.1) | 16 (88.9) | 18 (100) | |
| No. of consultations | ||||
| 1 | 4 (9.1) | 40 (90.9) | 44 (100) | χ2 = 59.994, |
| 2–3 | 23 (54.8) | 19 (45.2) | 42 (100) | p < 0.001 |
| 4–5 | 18 (85.7) | 3 (14.3) | 21 (100) | |
| More than 5 | 25 (92.6) | 2 (7.4) | 27 (100) | |
| No. of telephone sessions | ||||
| None | 3 (16.7) | 15 (83.3) | 18 (100) | |
| 1–2 | 29 (47.5) | 32 (52.5) | 61 (100) | χ2 = 17.845, |
| 3–4 | 21 (61.8) | 13 (38.2) | 34 (100) | p < 0.001 |
| More than 4 | 17 (81.0) | 4 (19.0) | 21 (100) | |
| Time spent using tobacco (years) | ||||
| 7–10 | 6 (66.7) | 3 (33.3) | 9 (100) | |
| 11–20 | 12 (44.4) | 15 (55.6) | 27 (100) | χ2 = 12.403, |
| 21–30 | 17 (51.5) | 16 (48.5) | 33 (100) | p = 0.013 |
| 31–40 | 9 (31.0) | 20 (69.0) | −100 | |
| More than 40 | 26 (72.2) | 10 (27.8) | −100 | |
| Dyslipidemia | Fisher’s exact test, | |||
| Yes | 44 (67.7) | 21 (32.3) | 65 (100) | p < 0.001 |
| No | 26 (37.7) | 43 (62.3) | 69 (100) | |
| Anxiety | Fisher’s exact test, | |||
| Yes | 16 (39.0) | 25 (61.0) | 41 (100) | p = 0.060 |
| No | 54 (58.1) | 39 (41.9) | 93 (100) | |
| Depression | Fisher’s exact test, | |||
| Yes | 6 (27.3) | 16 (72.7%) | 22 (100) | p = 0.018 |
| No | 64 (57.1) | 48 (42.9%) | 112 (100) |