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Table 3 Participants not smoking at last contact (%), by coaching mode

From: A randomized controlled trial of directive and nondirective smoking cessation coaching through an employee quitline

 

Directive

ND

Trends and significant effects

All participants

26

30

None

Logistic regression model with Mode, Race, Income, Prior Quit, and interactions

26

30

Income (OR = 1.8);

Prior Quit (OR = 1.6);

Income x Race

Subgroups related to primary hypothesis

European-American (EA)

26

30

None

African-American (AA)

30

29

Personal income <30 K

27

23

Above median income + ND > remainder (chi square, p = 0.03)

Personal income >30 K

25

35

No prior quit attempts

23

20

Prior quit + ND > remainder (chi square, p = 0.03)

At least one quit attempt

27

34

Income <30 K and AA race

28

17

Above median income > below (chi square, p = 0.014)

Income >30 K and AA race

40

52

No prior quit or low income

25

24

Prior quit + above median income + ND > remainder (chi square, p = 0.004)

Prior quit and high income

26

40

Subgroups by delay in coaching

1 week wait for coaching

30

24

None

2 week wait for coaching

20

31

3 week wait for coaching

28

41

4 + week wait for coaching

29

27

Worksite subgroups (incentives)

Hospital (insurance discount)

29

31

None

School (smoke-free campus)

25

33

Subgroups using smoking cessation treatments, among those with follow-up data

No treatment

43

40

None

Nicotine replacement

37

47

None

Bupropion

40

43

None

Varenicline

35

48

None

Auricular therapy

21

38

None

Hypnosis

8

37

ND > Directive? (p = 0.06)

  1. AA African-American, d days, EA European-American, FTND Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence, K thousands, ND Nondirective, OR Odds Ratio, PHQ 8-items of the Patient Health Questionnaire, RSEQ Relapse Situation Efficacy Questionnaire