Research Article
Smoking Cessation Intervention in a Cardiovascular Hospital Based Clinical Setting
Table 1
Sociodemographic details of patients attended smoking cessation clinic in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
| Variable | Description | Overall | With followup | Dropped out |
| Age (years) | 19–44 | 46 (18.2%) | 30 (16.1%) | 2 (12.5%) | 45–54 | 80 (31.6%) | 59 (31.7%) | 6 (37.5%) | 55–64 | 75 (29.6%) | 59 (31.7%) | 6 (37.5%) | 65+ | 51 (20.2%) | 37 (19.9%) | 2 (12.5%) |
| Sex | Male | 138 (54.5%) | 104 (55.9%) | 11 (68.8%) | Female | 115 (45.5%) | 82 (44.1%) | 5 (31.3%) |
| Marital status | Never married | 24 (9.5%) | 16 (8.6%) | 1 (6.3%) | Currently married | 127 (50.2%) | 102 (54.8%) | 7 (43.8%) | Common law/living partner | 22 (8.7%) | 8 (4.3%) | 2 (12.5%) | Separated | 16 (6.3%) | 11 (5.9%) | 2 (12.5%) | Divorced | 38 (15.0%) | 29 (15.6%) | 1 (6.3%) | Widowed | 19 (7.5%) | 14 (7.5%) | 2 (12.5%) |
| Education | None | 1 (0.4%) | 1 (0.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1–8 years | 27 (10.7%) | 22 (11.8%) | 2 (12.5%) | 9–12 years | 109 (43.1%) | 79 (42.5%) | 7 (43.8%) | Trade school | 31 (12.3%) | 24 (12.9%) | 3 (18.8%) | College/university | 72 (28.5%) | 48 (25.8%) | 3 (18.8%) |
| Income in $ | 0–29.9K | 92 (36.4%) | 66 (35.5%) | 6 (37.5%) | 30–39.9K | 26 (10.3%) | 18 (9.7%) | 2 (12.5%) | 40–49.9K | 25 (9.9%) | 18 (9.7%) | 1 (6.3%) | 50–69.9K | 31 (12.3%) | 22 (11.8%) | 2 (12.5%) | >70 K | 50 (19.8%) | 39 (21.0%) | 3 (18.8%) |
| Employment | Currently employed | 116 (45.8%) | 83 (44.6%) | 5 (31.3%) |
| SDI† | 0 = none | 48 (19.0%) | 38 (20.4%) | 3 (18.8%) | 1 | 33 (13.0%) | 22 (11.8%) | 1 (6.3%) | 2 | 39 (15.4%) | 29 (15.6%) | 1 (6.3%) | 3 | 55 (21.7%) | 40 (21.5%) | 6 (37.5%) | 4 | 39 (15.4%) | 27 (14.5%) | 3 (18.8%) | 5 = high | 39 (15.4%) | 30 (16.1%) | 2 (12.5%) |
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*51 in progress. †SDI Social Disadvantage Index.
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