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Table 2 Participants’ smoking related characteristicsa

From: Cigarette smoking, nicotine dependence, and motivation to quit smoking in South African male psychiatric inpatients

Variable

Overall (n = 106)

Occasional smoker (n = 19)

Daily smoker (n = 87)

p

Age years (SD)

30.1 (9.4)

27.7 (7.9)

30.7 (9.7)

0.21

Diagnosis

 Schizophrenia

49

10

39

 

 SIPD

25

2

23

 

 Bipolar

11

1

10

 

 Schizoaffective

12

2

10

0.180

 Schizophreniform

6

3

3

 

 Psychosis due to AMC

3

1

2

 

Cigarettes smoked per day

 ≤ 10

46 (43.4)

11 (57.9)

35 (40.2)

 

 11–20

42 (39.6)

5 (26.3)

37 (42.5)

0.227

 21–30

11 (10.4)

3 (15.8)

8 (9.2)

 

 ≥ 31

7 (6.6)

0 (0.0%

7 (8.0)

 

Nicotine dependence

 0–2 (Very low)

11 (10.4)

4 (21.1)

7 (8.0)

0.093

 3–4 (Low)

18 (17)

4 (21.1)

14 (16.1)

 

 5 (Moderate)

18 (17)

3 (15.8)

15 (17.2)

 

 6–7 (High)

41 (38.7)

8 (42.1)

33 (37.9)

 

 8–10 (Very high)

18 (17)

0 (0.0)

18 (20.7)

 

FTND score, mean (SD)

5.4 (2.2)

4.3 (2.4)

5.7 (2.1)

0.009

Cigarette would hate most to give up

 First one in morning

79 (74.5

12 (63.2)

67 (77.0)

0.248

 Any other

27 (25.5)

7 (36.8)

20 (23.0)

 

How soon after waking up do you smoke your first cigarette

 Within 5 min

5 (4.7)

0

5 (5.7)

0.528

 5–30 min

32 (30.2)

5 (26.3)

27 (31.0)

 

 31–60 min

56 (52.8)

10 (52.6)

46 (52.9)

 

 Other

13 (12.3)

4 (21.1)

9 (10.3)

 

Is it difficult to refrain from smoking in “no-smoking” places

 Yes

56 (52.8)

4 (21.1)

52 (59.8)

 

 No

50 (47.2)

15 (78.9)

35 (40.2)

0.002

Do you smoke even when ill bedridden most of the day

 Yes

55 (51.9)

6 (31.6)

49 (56.3)

0.075

 No

51 (48.1)

13 (68.4)

38 (43.7)

 

Smoke more frequently first hours after waking than rest of day

 Yes

65 (61.3)

8 (12.3)

57 (87.7)

0.071

 No

41 (38.7)

11 (57.9)

30 (34.5)

 

Perception on smoking

 Negative

25 (23.6)

6 (31.6)

19 (21.8)

 

 Positive

76 (71.7)

12 (63.2)

64 (73.6)

0.218

 Neutral

5 (4.7)

1 (5.3)

4 (4.6)

 

Attempted to quit in the past 12 months

 Yes

63 (59.4)

16 (84.2)

47 (54.0)

0.019

 No

43 (40.6)

3 (15.8)

40 (46.0)

 

Advised to quit smoking by health worker in past 12 months

 Yes

46 (43.4)

11 (57.9)

35 (40.2)

0.299

 No

58 (54.7)

8 (42.1)

50 (57.5)

 
  1. aResults are presented as count (%) unless specified otherwise. AMC another medical condition