Table 4 Summary of Critical Characteristics – Intervention Readiness
From: A profile of teen smokers who volunteered to participate in school-based smoking intervention
Items | N | % |
|---|---|---|
Motivation to quit (mean ± SD) | 3.19 ± 0.89 |  |
None | 26 | 2.45 |
Low | 178 | 16.78 |
Moderate | 503 | 47.41 |
High | 276 | 26.01 |
Very high | 78 | 7.35 |
Total | 1061 | 100.00 |
Confidence to quit (mean ± SD) | 3.00 ± 0.89 |  |
None | 37 | 3.87 |
Low | 214 | 22.38 |
Moderate | 474 | 49.58 |
High | 172 | 17.99 |
Very high | 59 | 6.17 |
Total | 956 | 100.00 |
Stages of change (mean ± SD) | 2.43 ± 0.95 |  |
Do not plan to quit smoking in the next 6 months | 168 | 11.91 |
Plan to quit smoking in the next 6 months | 723 | 51.28 |
Plan to quit within the next 30 days | 301 | 21.35 |
Made serious quit attempts in the past 6 months | 179 | 12.70 |
Quit less than 6 months ago | 39 | 2.77 |
Total | 1410 | 100.00 |
Intervention readiness total score (mean ± SD) | 8.42 ± 2.02 |  |