Research Article
A Pragmatic Pilot Cluster-Randomized Study of Tobacco Screening and Smoking Cessation Program for Community Pharmacies in Japan: FINE Program
Table 3
Backgrounds of smoking patients.
| | Parameter | Intervention group (FINE program participants) () | Control group (usual program participants) () | |
| | Mean (SD) age | 63.8 (8.17) | 58.3 (21.73) | 0.426 | | Male (%) | 83.3 | 50.0 | 0.193 | | Antihypertensive drugs (yes: %) | 50.0 | 33.3 | 0.168 | | Drugs for treating dyslipidemia | 75.0 | 8.3 | 0.002 | | Drugs for diabetes | 33.3 | 8.3 | 0.029 | | Inhaled drugs | 16.7 | 8.3 | 0.018 | | Smoking status (%) | | | | | Traditional cigarettes | 91.7 | 75.0 | 0.122 | | Heated-not-burn/electronic tobacco products | 0.0 | 25.0 | | Both | 8.3 | 0.0 | | Mean (SD) amount consumed per day | | | | | Traditional cigarettes | 14.8 (7.08) | 12.4 (5.90) | 0.423 | | Heated-not-burn/electronic tobacco products | 15.0 (0.00) | 9.7 (8.51) | 0.642 | | Mean (SD) duration of smoking in years | 36.3 (14.5) | 32.4 (22.3) | 0.630 | | Stage of change (%) | | | | | Indifference | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.504 | | Precontemplation | 33.3 | 8.3 | | Contemplation | 25.0 | 33.3 | | Preparation | 33.3 | 50.0 | | Unknown | 8.3 | 8.3 |
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