Table 2 Demographic and smoking-related characteristics of control versus intervention groups
Characteristics | Group type | Pvaluea | |
|---|---|---|---|
Control | Intervention | ||
N = 111 | N = 120 | ||
Participants’ category | 0.025 | ||
Referred from outside-hospital clinic | 40 (36.0%) | 30 (25.0%) | |
Referred from outpatient clinic | 71 (64.0%) | 85 (70.8%) | |
Walk-in | 0 (0%) | 5 (4.2%) | |
Age (mean ± SD) (years) | 48.30 ± 13.6 | 48.22 ± 13.8 | 0.964b |
Weight (mean ± SD) (kg) | 62.77 ± 6.6 | 61.46 ± 9.8 | 0.499c |
Sex | 0.502d | ||
Female | 3 (2.7%) | 6 (5.0%) | |
Male | 108 (97.3%) | 114 (95.0%) | |
Race | 0.063 | ||
Malay | 49 (44.1%) | 39 (32.5%) | |
Chinese | 53 (47.7%) | 61 (50.8%) | |
Indian | 9 (8.1%) | 20 (16.7%) | |
Marital Status | 0.086 | ||
Single | 22 (19.8%) | 20 (16.7%) | |
Divorced/Widow | 10 (9.0%) | 23 (19.2%) | |
Married | 79 (71.2%) | 77 (64.2%) | |
Education status | 0.718 | ||
Primary | 54 (48.6%) | 55 (45.8%) | |
Secondary | 46 (41.4%) | 54 (45.0%) | |
Collage/University | 11 (9.9%) | 10 (8.3%) | |
No formal education | 0 (0%) | 1 (0.8%) | |
Chronic Disease | 0.519 | ||
No | 6 (5.4%) | 4 (3.3%) | |
Yes | 105 (94.6%) | 116 (96.7%) | |
Smoking habits/history | |||
No. of Cigarettes smoked/day | 14.54 ± 7.6 | 13.08 ± 6.3 | 0.111c |
Age started smoking | 17.52 ± 4.07 | 17.24 ± 3.8 | 0.931c |
Duration of smoking | 31.09 ± 13.5 | 30.97 ± 13.9 | 0.946b |
Breath Co level | 14.93 ± 5.2 | 14.00 ± 4.4 | 0.300c |
FTND-M score | 3.88 ± 1.2 | 3.71 ± .1 | 0.323c |
Other smokers in household | 0.214d | ||
No | 77 (69.4%) | 73 (60.8%) | |
Yes | 34 (30.6%) | 47 (39.2%) | |
Previous smoking attempt | 0.105d | ||
No | 102 (91.9%) | 101 (84.2%) | |
Yes | 9 (8.1%) | 19 (15.8%) | |
Chance rate to quit | 0.916 | ||
Very high | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | |
High | 28 (25.2%) | 33 (27.5%) | |
Neutral | 67 (60.4%) | 71 (59.2%) | |
Low | 16 (14.4%) | 16 (13.3%) | |
Very low | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | |