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Table 2 Sample characteristics

From: Lessons learned from recruiting socioeconomically disadvantaged smokers into a pilot randomized controlled trial to explore the role of Exercise Assisted Reduction then Stop (EARS) smoking

 

Total sample (N = 99)

Female (n, (%))

55 (56.1)

Age (mean (SD); median (IQR))

46.6 (11.3); 47.5 (38.3 - 55.4)

Ethnicity (n, (%))

 

White British

95 (96.0)

Cohabiting (n, (%))

50 (50.5)

Children under 16 (n, (%))

28 (28.3)

Single parenta (n, (%))

6 (6.1)

Employed (n, (%))

54 (54.5)

Job statusb (n, (%))

 

A to C1

9 (9.0)

C2 to E (excluding unemployed)

45 (45.5)

Unemployed

45 (45.5)

Age on leaving education (mean (SD); median (IQR))

16.3 (1.9); 16 (15 - 16)

Age on starting smoking (mean (SD); median (IQR))

14.7 (3.5); 14 (13 - 16)

Does partner or other cohabitant smoke? (n, (%))

 

Yes

31 (31.3)

No

27 (27.3)

Not applicable

41 (41.4)

BMI (mean (SD), n; median (IQR))

28.1 (6.4), 98; 27.3 (22.4 - 32.4)

Indicated mental health problemc (n, (%))

41 (41.4)

Duration of smoking (years, mean (SD); median (IQR))

31.9 (12.2); 34.2 (23.3 - 42.2)

Previously used SSS (n, (%))

41 (41.4)

Satisfaction with previous use of SSS (if used) (scale 1 to 11); mean (SD), n

8.3 (2.8), 40

Participant made a quit attempt lasting 24 hours or more in the past year (n, (%))

37 (37.4)

Did the participant cut down before previous cessation?d (n, (%))

 

Yes

5 (13.5)

No

32 (86.5)

Total, n

37

Used cessation aids as part of a quit attempt in previous 12 monthse (n, (%))

 

Yes

29 (78.4)

No

8 (21.6)

Total, n

37

Used cessation aids not as part of a quit attempt in previous 12 months (n, (%))

 

Yes

21 (33.9)

No

41 (66.1)

Total, n

62

Self-reported cigarettes smoked per day (mean (SD); median (IQR))

21.6 (14.3), 19.1 (14.4 - 24.4)

Expired air CO (ppm), mean (SD)

18.0 (8.0)

FTND (mean (SD); median (IQR))

5.6 (2.0); 6 (4 - 7)

Readiness to use physical activity as a way of controlling smoking, action and maintenance stage (n, (%))

9 (9.1)

Self-reported minutes of moderate and vigorous physical activity over previous 7 days (median (IQR))

315 (120 - 540)

Accelerometer data

n = 66

Minutes spent in moderate/vigorous/very vigorous activity per day (mean (SD), n; median (IQR))

31.9 (24.5); 28.37 (13.2 - 44.8)

Step counts (mean (SD), n; median (IQR))

7701.7 (3536.2); 7343.5 (4909 - 9853)

  1. aAll single parents female apart from one male, recruited through SSS. As a percentage of women (up to aged 47, the oldest parent with an under 16 year child) the percentage of female single parents across all recruitment methods was 17%.
  2. bJob status from NRS social grades, UK.
  3. cAnswered ‘moderately’ or ‘extremely’ anxious or depressed to item five of the EQ-5D questionnaire.
  4. dIncludes only smokers who had stopped smoking for at least 24 hours in the previous year.
  5. eAt least 24 hours’ reported abstinence.
  6. BMI: Body mass index; CO: Carbon monoxide; FTND: Fagerström test for nicotine dependence; IQR: Interquartile range; ppm: Parts per million; SD: Standard deviation; SSS, Stop Smoking Service.