Research Article
Predictors for Smoking Cessation with Acupuncture in a Hong Kong Population
Table 2
Binary logistic regression evaluating the relationship between possible predictors and smoking cessation results.
| Category | Variables | 8 weeks | 52 weeks | | OR (95% CI) | | OR (95% CI) |
| Demographic data | Gender | 0.056 | 0.711 (0.501–1.008) | 0.023 | 0.710 (0.528–0.955) | Age | 0.472 | 0.991 (0.967–1.016) | 0.577 | 0.994 (0.973–1.016) | Education | 0.207 | 0.900 (0.764–1.060) | 0.582 | 0.960 (0.832–1.109) | Residential zone | 0.661 | 1.007 (0.977–1.037) | 0.052 | 1.026 (1.000–1.053) | Treatment location | 0.018 | 1.039 (1.007–1.072) | 0.001 | 0.944 (0.914–0.976) |
| Smoking background | Smoking history | 0.197 | 1.017 (0.991–1.043) | 0.449 | 1.009 (0.986–1.032) | Number of cigarettes smoked/day | 0.149 | 0.982 (0.958–1.006) | 0.093 | 0.982 (0.961–1.003) | FTND | 0.766 | 0.988 (0.912–1.070) | 0.002 | 0.899 (0.839–0.963) | Number of previous quit attempts | 0.102 | 0.984 (0.965–1.003) | 0.102 | 0.987 (0.971–1.003) | Expired CO | 0.498 | 1.057 (0.901–1.240) | 0.327 | 0.935 (0.817–1.070) |
| Reasons and motivation | Quitting confidence | 0.510 | 1.035 (0.935–1.145) | 0.225 | 1.056 (0.967–1.152) | Quitting preparation | 0.112 | 1.095 (0.979–1.227) | 0.961 | 0.998 (0.908–1.096) | Reasons to select acupuncture | 0.141 | 1.095 (0.970–1.236) | 0.151 | 0.926 (0.833–1.029) | Due to health of his own | 0.366 | 0.842 (0.579–1.223) | 0.206 | 0.815 (0.594–1.119) | Due to health of family member | 0.225 | 0.832 (0.619–1.120) | 0.139 | 1.207 (0.941–1.549) | Due to good looking | 0.391 | 1.203 (0.788–1.836) | 0.224 | 0.789 (0.538–1.156) | Due to persuasion | 0.267 | 0.845 (0.627–1.138) | 0.847 | 1.025 (0.795–1.322) | Due to money saving | 0.772 | 0.944 (0.686–1.298) | 0.210 | 1.187 (0.908–1.552) |
| Treatment condition | Total sessions of acupuncture | 0.000 | 1.171 (1.103–1.243) | 0.000 | 1.160 (1.098–1.225) | Whether the participants finished 6 sessions within the first month | 0.683 | 1.159 (0.572–2.349) | 0.066 | 1.962 (0.956–4.023) | Whether the participants finished at least 6 sessions of acupuncture | 0.000 | 5.942 (2.481–14.231) | 0.095 | 0.979 (0.455–2.105) |
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