Cancer Patients Enrolled in a Smoking Cessation Clinical Trial: Characteristics and Correlates of Smoking Rate and Nicotine Dependence

Table 1

Characteristics of program enrollees ().

Characteristic	Enrollees
	(%) or mean (SD)
Demographic variables
Gender
Male	102 (49.3)
Female	105 (50.7)
Education
Below college grad	132 (63.8)
College grad or beyond	73 (35.3)
Marital status
Not married	102 (49.3)
Married	103 (49.8)
Employment status
Employed	100 (48.3)
Not employed	105 (50.7)
Income
<20,000	44 (21.3)
20,000 to 75,000	91 (44)
75,000<	69 (33.3)
Race
Caucasian	142 (68.6)
Non-Caucasian	65 (31.4)
Age	58.5 (9.4)
Medical variables
Tumor site
Head and neck or lung	39 (18.8)
Other sites	167 (80.7)
Tumor stage
Stages 0–2	41 (19.8)
Stages	45 (21.7)
Remission/stage not specified	121 (58.5)
Time from diagnosis to intake (days)	102.7 (19.6)
Cancer treatment in last month
Radiation	21 (10.1)
Chemotherapy	42 (20.3)
Surgery	25 (12.1)
Hormone therapy	22 (10.6)
Radiation and chemotherapy	12 (5.8)
Chemotherapy and hormone therapy	5 (2.4)
Smoking variables
Age smoking was started	16.7 (5.1)
Pack years	30.70 (20.60)
QSU-b
Factor 1	16.7 (8.56)
Factor 2	8.05 (5.16)
Total	27.46 (14.01)
SJWS
Craving	15.69 (7.45)
Physical	4.36 (2.16)
Stimulation	2.14 (1.53)
Psychological	11.75 (4.29)
Appetite	1.99 (1.55)
RFS
Addiction	4.58 (2.16)
Stimulation	4.68 (3.11)
Negative affect	5.03 (2.47)
Physiological	8.25 (4.20)
Not physiological	6.02 (3.03)
Number of cigarettes smoked 7 days prior to PQ	75.81 (49.19)
FTND score	4.5 (2.1)
Concurrent choice task (% of choice tobacco versus chocolate)	27.99 (27.12)
Affective variables
PANAS
Positive affect	35.51 (7.82)
Negative affect	13.72 (4.28)
HADS
Anxiety	4.05 (2.82)
Depression	2.45 (2.44)

Note. indicates missing data (<5%); QSU-b: Brief Questionnaire of Smoking Urges; = see measures for description of Factors 1 and 2; SJWS = Shiffman-Jarvik Withdrawal Scale; RFS = Reasons for Smoking; PQ = prequit visit; FTND = Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence; PANAS = the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule; HADS = the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale.