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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics

From: Spirometry as a motivator for smoking cessation among patients attending the smoking cessation clinic of Monastir

Variable

Total

Control group

Intervention group

p-value

Age: mean ± SD

43.65 ± 14.04

43.16 ± 15.29

44.19 ± 12.14

0.415

Sex ratio

 

18.08

20.36

0.836

  Male: n (%)

459 (95)

235 (94.8)

224 (95.3)

 

  Female: n (%)

24 (5)

13 (05.2)

11 (04.7)

 

Distance to clinic: n (%)

  In 20 km radios

422 (91.1)

206 (88.8)

216 (93.5)

0.101

  Out 20 km radios

41 (8.9)

26 (11.2)

15 (06.5)

 

Schooling level: n (%)

   

0.291

  Unschooled

6 (1.3)

1 (0.4)

5 (02.2)

 

  Primary school

114 (25.1)

61 (26.4)

53 (23.8)

 

  Secondary school

147 (32.4)

90 (39.0)

57 (25.6)

 

  High school

57 (12.6)

17 (07.4)

40 (17.9)

 

  Two years of higher education

47 (10.4)

17 (07.4)

30 (13.5)

 

  Higher

83 (18.3)

45 (19.5)

38 (17.0)

 

Profession: n (%)

  Active

312 (67.8)

147 (62.6)

165 (73.3)

0.136

  Unemployed

39 (8.5)

27 (11.5)

12 (05.3)

 

  Student

39 (8.5)

26 (11.1)

13 (05.8)

 

  Retired

67 (14.6)

32 (13.6)

35 (15.6)

 

  With physical disability

3 (0.7)

3 (01.3)

0 (0.0)

 

Familial issues: n (%)

    

  Yes

126 (27.8)

70 (30.0)

56 (25.5)

0.295

  No

327 (72.2)

163 (70.0)

164 (74.5)

 

Professional issues: n (%)

  Yes

120 (28)

63 (28.1)

57 (25.9)

0.669

  No

324 (72)

161 (71.9)

163 (74.1)