Table 1 Participant characteristics
From: An individually-tailored smoking cessation intervention for rural Veterans: a pilot randomized trial
Variable | Quitline Referral | Tailored intervention | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
(n = 32) | (n = 31) | (N = 63) | |
Sociodemographics | |||
 Age | 58.5 (8.8) | 55.1 (11.5) | 56.8 (10.3) |
  Range | 31–73 | 32–73 | 31–73 |
 Female, n (%) | 5 (15.6) | 3 (9.7) | 8 (12.7) |
 Racial or ethnic minority, n (%) | 2 (6.3) | 1 (3.2) | 3 (4.8) |
 High school or less education, n (%) | 15 (46.9) | 16 (51.6) | 31 (49.2) |
 Fair or poor self-rated health, n (%) | 15 (46.9) | 13 (41.9) | 28 (44.4) |
 Married, n (%) | 15 (46.9) | 15 (48.4) | 30 (47.6) |
 Employed for wages outside home, n (%) | 6 (19.4) | 10 (35.7) | 16 (27.1) |
 Annual household income < $25,000, n (%) | 19 (59.4) | 12 (42.9) | 31 (51.7) |
Smoking-related variables | |||
 Cigarettes smoked per day | 27.2 (25.7) | 22.3 (10.3) | 24.7 (19.4) |
 Age of smoking initiation | 15.8 (2.8) | 16.7 (3.4) | 16.2 (3.1) |
 Years as regular smoker | 40.9 (9.3) | 36.5 (10.9) | 38.6 (10.3) |
 Prior quit attempts lasting ≥ 24 h | 9.4 (19.6) | 6.6 (8.1) | 8.0 (15.0) |
 Other smokers in household, n (%) | 13 (40.6) | 13 (41.9) | 26 (41.3) |
 Nicotine dependencea | 5.7 (2.1) | 5.6 (2.3) | 5.7 (2.2) |
 Readiness to quit smokingb | 6.5 (1.3) | 6.8 (1.1) | 6.6 (1.2) |