Table 1.
Demographic and smoking related characteristics of completers and dropouts.
| POST ONE WEEK FOLLOW UP |
POST ONE MONTH FOLLOW UP |
POST SIX MONTHS FOLLOW UP |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | Completers | Dropouts | p values | Completers | Dropouts | p values | Completers | Dropouts | p values |
| n=67 | n=22 | n=61 | n=28 | n=77 | n=12 | ||||
| Demographic | |||||||||
| Age (yr) | 46.10 ±13.81 | 44.14±12.31 | .554a | 47.39 ±14.02 | 41.75±11.29 | .065a | 46.45 ±13.58 | 40.25±11.37 | .137a |
| Gender (M/F) | 43/24 | 17/5 | .256b | 41/20 | 19/9 | .952b | 52/25 | 8/4 | .953b |
| Education (yr) | 13.82±3.73 | 14.68±3.43 | .341a | 13.85±3.62 | 14.43±3.77 | .493a | 14.00±3.72 | 14.25±3.36 | .827a |
| Occupation* | .264 b | .683 b | .828 b | ||||||
| Private employee | 41 (61.2%) | 13 (59.1%) | 35 (57.4%) | 19 (67.9%) | 47 (61.0%) | 7 (58.3%) | |||
| Public employee | 6 (9.0%) | 6 (27.3%) | 9 (14.8%) | 3 (10.7%) | 9 (11.7%) | 3 (25.0%) | |||
| Self-employed/ Freelancer |
8 (11.9%) | 2 (9.1%) | 6 (9.8%) | 4 (14.3%) | 9 (11.7%) | 1 (8.3%) | |||
| Unemployed | 3 (4.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (3.3%) | 1 (3.6%) | 3 (3.9%) | 0 (0.0%) | |||
| Retired | 8 (11.9%) | 1 (4.5%) | 8 (13.1%) | 1 (3.6%) | 8 (10.4%) | 1 (8.3%) | |||
| Student | 1 (1.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (1.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (1.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | |||
| Smoking-related | |||||||||
| Cigarettes per day | 26.73±13.10 | 32.41±15.29 | .094a | 27.20±13.20 | 30.18±15.08 | .347a | 28.13±12.83 | 28.17±19.65 | .993a |
| Types of cigarettes* | .353 b | .349 b | .699 b | ||||||
| Normal | 50 (74.6%) | 15 (68.2%) | 47 (77.0%) | 18 (64.3%) | 57 (74.0%) | 8 (66.7%) | |||
| Hand-rolled | 15 (22.4%) | 5 (22.7%) | 12 (19.7%) | 8 (28.6%) | 16 (20.8%) | 4 (33.3%) | |||
| Cigarillos | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (4.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (3.6%) | 1 (1.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | |||
| Mixed | 2 (3.0%) | 1 (4.5%) | 2 (3.3%) | 1 (3.6%) | 3 (3.9%) | 0 (0.0%) | |||
| Years of smoking | 25.62±12.90 | 23.36±9.72 | .454a | 26.10±13.27 | 22.82±9.21 | .184a | 25.89±12.66 | 19.75±6.57 | .016a |
| If ever quitted* | .017b | .451b | .179b | ||||||
| No | 18 (26.9%) | 12 (54.5%) | 19 (31.1%) | 11 (39.3%) | 28 (36.4%) | 2 (16.7%) | |||
| Yes | 49 (73.1%) | 10 (45.5%) | 42 (68.9%) | 17 (60.7%) | 49 (63.6%) | 10 (83.3%) | |||
| How many times quitted | 1.190±1.28 | 0.55±0.67 | .026a | 1.05±1.20 | 1.00±1.19 | .858a | 1.03±1.25 | 1.08±0.79 | .878a |
Data are means ± standard deviation.
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n(%)
a
Independent sample t-test.
b
Pearson chi-square test. TMS, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation.