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Table 1 Sample characteristics

From: Increasing smoking cessation care across a network of hospitals: an implementation study

  

Period

Variable

Baseline (n = 560)

Intervention (n = 1036)

Follow-up (n = 476)

p

Total (N = 2072)a

Hospital group

Group A

218 (39 %)

417 (40 %)

203 (43 %)

0.7116

838 (40 %)

 

Group B

99 (18 %)

189 (18 %)

87 (18 %)

 

375 (18 %)

 

Group C

243 (43 %)

430 (42 %)

186 (39 %)

 

859 (41 %)

Gender

Male

318 (57 %)

616 (59 %)

269 (57 %)

0.4328

1203 (58 %)

Aboriginal status

Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander

58 (10 %)

103 (9.9 %)

48 (10 %)

0.9661

209 (10 %)

Age

18–34

118 (21 %)

189 (18 %)

79 (17 %)

0.1213

386 (19 %)

 

35–54

232 (42 %)

505 (49 %)

216 (45 %)

 

953 (46 %)

 

55–74

170 (31 %)

285 (28 %)

152 (32 %)

 

607 (30 %)

 

75+

29 (5.3 %)

52 (5.0 %)

28 (5.9 %)

 

109 (5.3 %)

Length of staya

4 or less days

363 (66 %)

679 (66 %)

304 (64 %)

0.6190

1346 (65 %)

 

5–10 days

122 (22 %)

246 (24 %)

110 (23 %)

 

478 (23 %)

 

11 or more days

64 (12 %)

106 (10 %)

61 (13 %)

 

231 (11 %)

Ward classa

Coronary care

45 (8.2 %)

56 (5.4 %)

16 (3.4 %)

0.0020

117 (5.7 %)

 

Medical

156 (28 %)

235 (23 %)

127 (27 %)

 

518 (25 %)

 

Surgical (other than cardiac)

171 (31 %)

337 (33 %)

151 (32 %)

 

659 (32 %)

 

Other

177 (32 %)

403 (39 %)

181 (38 %)

 

761 (37 %)

Smoking-related diseasea

Yes

238 (43 %)

382 (37 %)

184 (39 %)

0.0496

804 (39 %)

  1. aData for 17 inpatients missing for length of stay, ward class and smoking-related disease