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Table 6 Follow up and outcomes: between arms comparison of 6th month and 12th month cessation rates

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

Outcome variable

Control group

Spirometry group

p-value

Treatment availability: n (%)

70.3%

71.9%

0.757

Number of visits: n (%)

3.01

5,74

0.000

Six months—cessation rate n (%: IC95%)

78 (33.1:27.1–39.1)

106 (48.0: 41.4–54.6)

0.002

One year—cessation rate n (%: IC95%)

39 (16.5: 11.7–21.2)

56 (25.5: 19.7–31.3)

0.019

Smoking reduction (cigarettes / day) mean

10.05

12.22

0.349