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Table 3 Behavioural and psychological outcomes at six and twelve months

From: Acceptability and effectiveness of opportunistic referral of smokers to telephone cessation advice from a nurse: a randomised trial in Australian general practice

Outcome

Intervention group (N = 169) n %

Control group (N = 149)

Relative Risk (95% confidence interval)

At six months

   

Quit smoking

15 (9)

12 (8)

1.1 (0.5–2.3)

Quit at least once for more than 24 hours in past 6 months

54 (32)

44 (30)

1.1 (0.8–1.5)

Mean number of stage shifts in stage of change from baseline

0.01

0.0

Mean difference = 0.01 (-0.1 – 0.1)

At twelve months

   

Quit smoking

13 (8)

9 (6)

1.3 (0.6–2.9)

Quit at least once for more than 24 hours in past 12 months

32 (19)

17 (11)

1.7 (0.96–2.9)

Mean number of stage shifts in stage of change from baseline

0.15

0.09

Mean difference = 0.06 (-0.1 – 0.2)

  1. *not evaluable for patients with missing data for baseline stage of change