Table 4 Comparison of quitting all types of tobacco versus not quitting
From: Quit tobacco clinics in Bahrain: smoking cessation rates and patient satisfaction
Quit tobacco | N | Mean | SD | Mean difference | 95% CI | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lower | Upper | |||||||
Nicotine gum duration (days) | Yes | 34 | 44.2 | 67.8 | 17.6 | −26.40 | 61.72 | 0.423 |
No | 11 | 26.6 | 43.4 | −18.26 | 53.58 | |||
Nicotine patch duration (days) | Yes | 29 | 30.4 | 27.7 | 4.3 | −17.52 | 26.28 | 0.688 |
No | 13 | 26.0 | 41.5 | −22.24 | 30.99 | |||
Champix treatment duration (days) | Yes | 110 | 97.2 | 13.3 | 2.5 | −2.14 | 7.25 | 0.284 |
No | 84 | 94.6 | 19.8 | −2.40 | 7.51 | |||
Traditional herbal medicine duration (days) | Yes | 110 | 99.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | −0.50 | 5.21 | 0.105 |
No | 84 | 96.6 | 15.2 | −0.94 | 5.65 | |||
Clinic visit frequency | Yes | 81 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 1 | 0.35 | 1.82 | 0.004 |
No | 56 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 0.35 | 1.82 | |||
Counseling/advice sessions | Yes | 104 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 0.89 | 1.98 | <0.001 |
No | 79 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 0.91 | 1.96 | |||
Maximum abstinence from tobacco (months) | Yes | 105 | 18.2 | 30.4 | 9.3 | −1.6 | 20.28 | 0.095 |
No | 37 | 8.8 | 24.4 | −0.63 | 19.26 | |||
Quitting duration (months) | Yes | 77 | 21.5 | 25.6 | −17.1 | −33.36 | −0.93 | 0.038 |
No | 18 | 38.4 | 48.6 | −1257.41 | 228.63 | |||
Number of quit attempts | Yes | 106 | 6.2 | 13.8 | 2.9 | −0.11 | 6.09 | 0.059 |
No | 78 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 0.29 | 5.68 | |||