Research Article

Smoking Cessation by Phone Counselling in a Lung Cancer Screening Program: A Retrospective Comparative Cohort Study

Table 1

Baseline demographics.

Self-referred
n = 176
Healthcare worker referred
n = 165
Lung cancer screening referred
n = 76
Total
n = 417
value

Age, mean (SD)53 (15)49 (13)63 (6)53 (14)<0.001
Age, median (Q1, Q3)57 (39, 65)48 (39, 59)63 (59, 67)57 (40, 64)
Sex, n (%)
 F90 (51)108 (65.5)33 (43.4)231 (55.4)0.002
 M86 (48.9)57 (34.5)43 (56.6)186 (44.6)
Education, n (%)
 Less than high school55 (31.2)15 (9.1)20 (26.3)90 (21.6)<0.001
 Some training after high school17 (9.7)24 (14.5)17 (22.4)58 (13.9)
 High school graduate44 (25.0)39 (23.6)12 (15.8)95 (22.8)
 College graduate37 (21.0)53 (32.1)9 (11.8)99 (23.7)
 Postgraduate23 (13.1)34 (20.6)18 (23.7)75 (18.0)
Baseline cigarette use per day, mean (SD)18 (10)18 (11)20 (9)19 (11)0.471
Baseline cigarette use per day, median (Q1, Q3)18 (10, 25)16 (10, 25)20 (13, 25)18 (10, 25)0.283
Time to first cigarette, n (%)
 Within the first 5 minutes after waking up97 (55.1)77 (46.7)29 (38.2)203 (48.7)<0.001
 Between 6 and 30 minutes after waking up34 (19.3)39 (23.6)28 (36.8)101 (24.2)
 Between 31 and 60 minutes after waking up14 (8.0)14 (8.5)15 (19.7)43 (10.3)
 More than 60 minutes after waking up31 (17.6)35 (21.2)4 (5.3)70 (16.8)
Heaviness of smoking index, mean (SD)3 (2)3 (2)3 (1)3 (2)0.415
Heaviness of smoking index, median (Q1, Q3)4 (2, 5)3 (2, 5)3 (3, 4)3 (2, 5)0.652