Effectiveness of advice from physician and nurse on smoking cessation stage in Taiwanese male smokers attending a community-based integrated screening program

Table 4 Relationship between change in smoking cessation stage and intervention using multinominal logistic regression (n = 358)

Variables	Change of smoking cessation stage
	Improvement^a / No change^c		Deterioration^b / No change^c
	OR	95 % CI	OR	95 % CI
Cessation advice from others
No	1		1
Yes	1.05	0.62–1.78	2.21	1.14–4.29
Intervention group
Control	1		1
PNA	2.27	1.07–4.84	0.63	0.20–2.01
Leaflet	0.99	0.44–2.25	0.33	0.09–1.15

PNA Physician and nurse advice group
Independent variables included cessation advice from others and intervention group in the multinominal logistic regression
^aImprovement included: 1.from precontemplation at baseline to contemplation, preparation, and action at follow-up; 2. from contemplation to preparation and action; 3. from preparation to action
^bDeterioration included: 1. from contemplation to Precontemplation; 2. from preparation to precontemplation and contemplation
^c‘No change’ means that the stage at follow-up was the same as that at baseline

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