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- Table 1.
Factors associated with receipt of brief intervention for smoking among smokers visiting their GP in the previous year
Factor Intervention, n = 925a No intervention, n = 850 Unadjusted Adjusted Odds ratio 95% CI P-value Odds ratio 95% CI P-value Mean age, years (SD)b 46.9 (16.8) 43.6 (17.2) 1.19 1.08 to 1.31 <0.01 1.19 1.06 to 1.34 <0.01 Female, n (%) 498 (53.8) 406 (47.8) 1.28 1.06 to 1.54 <0.05 1.35 1.10 to 1.65 <0.01 Lower social grade,c n (%) 568 (61.4) 543 (63.9) 0.90 0.74 to 1.09 0.28 0.85 0.69 to 1.05 0.13 Region, n (%) North (ref) 360 (38.9) 334 (39.3) – – – – – – Central 261 (28.2) 222 (26.1) 1.09 0.86 to 1.38 0.46 1.11 0.87 to 1.42 0.40 South 304 (32.9) 294 (34.6) 0.96 0.77 to 1.19 0.71 0.94 0.75 to 1.18 0.59 No post-16 qualification, n (%) 425 (45.9) 411 (48.4) 0.91 0.75 to 1.09 0.31 0.81 0.66 to 1.00 <0.05 Children in household, n (%) 306 (33.1) 312 (36.7) 0.85 0.70 to 1.04 0.11 0.96 0.76 to 1.21 0.74 White, n (%) 845 (91.4) 765 (90.0) 1.17 0.85 to 1.62 0.33 0.93 0.66 to 1.31 0.67 Disability, n (%) 205 (22.2) 128 (15.1) 1.61 1.26 to 2.05 <0.001 1.44 1.11 to 1.88 <0.01 Drinking excessively — AUDIT ≥8, n (%) 206 (22.3) 208 (24.5) 0.88 0.71 to 1.10 0.27 1.01 0.79 to 1.29 0.92 Past-year quit attempts, n (%) 0 (ref) 505 (54.6) 576 (67.8) – – – – – – 1 271 (29.3) 192 (22.6) 1.61 1.29 to 2.01 <0.001 1.65 1.32 to 2.08 <0.001 ≥2 149 (16.1) 82 (9.6) 2.07 1.54 to 2.78 <0.001 2.02 1.49 to 2.74 <0.001 Time with urge to smoke 0–5, mean (SD) 2.2 (1.3) 1.9 (1.2) 1.23 1.14 to 1.33 <0.001 1.17 1.05 to 1.31 <0.01 Strength of urge to smoke 0–5, mean (SD) 2.2 (1.1) 1.9 (1.1) 1.25 1.15 to 1.36 <0.001 1.08 0.96 to 1.23 0.21 ↵a The 925/1775 does not precisely correspond with the 50.4% estimate presented in the main body as those data are weighted. The adjusted model includes all variables in the table and month of survey.
↵b Increase is per SD of the sample = 17 years of age.
↵c C2DE. AUDIT = Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test. SD = standard deviation.
- Table 2.
Factors associated with receipt of brief intervention for alcohol among people drinking excessively visiting their GP in the previous year
Factor Intervention, n = 76a No intervention, n = 1034 Unadjusted Adjusted Odds ratio 95% CI P-value Odds ratio 95% CI P-value Mean age, years (SD)b 47.6 (16.2) 42.5 (17.9) 1.35 1.07 to 1.71 <0.05 1.32 0.99 to 1.78 0.06 Female, n (%) 12 (15.8) 362 (35.0) 0.35 0.19 to 0.65 <0.01 0.44 0.23 to 0.87 <0.05 Lower social grade,c n (%) 35 (46.1) 450 (43.5) 1.11 0.69 to 1.77 0.67 1.08 0.63 to 1.86 0.79 Region, n (%) North (ref) 34 (44.7) 546 (52.8) – – – – – – Central 15 (19.7) 191 (18.5) 1.26 0.67 to 2.37 0.47 1.18 0.59 to 2.36 0.64 South 27 (35.5) 297 (28.7) 1.46 0.86 to 2.47 0.16 1.30 0.73 to 2.32 0.37 No post-16 qualification, n (%) 25 (32.9) 319 (30.9) 1.10 0.67 to 1.80 0.71 0.72 0.40 to 1.29 0.27 Children in household, n (%) 11 (14.5) 261 (25.2) 0.50 0.26 to 0.96 <0.05 0.80 0.39 to 1.66 0.55 White, n (%) 72 (94.7) 1003 (97.0) 0.56 0.19 to 1.62 0.28 0.38 0.12 to 1.21 0.10 Disability, n (%) 14 (18.4) 114 (11.0) 1.82 0.99 to 3.36 0.05 1.19 0.59 to 2.43 0.63 Smoking status, n (%) Never smoke (ref) 21 (27.6)= 424 (41.0) – – – – – – Ex-smoker 23 (30.3) 260 (25.1) 1.79 0.97 to 3.29 0.06 1.27 0.64 to 2.51 0.49 Current smoker 32 (42.1) 350 (33.8) 1.85 1.05 to 3.26 <0.05 1.14 0.59 to 2.20 0.69 AUDIT score 8–40, mean (SD) 15.5 (6.9) 11.1 (3.7) 1.17 1.12 to 1.22 <0.001 1.17 1.12 to 1.23 <0.001 ↵a The 76/1110 does not precisely correspond with the 6.5% estimate presented in the main body as those data are weighted. The adjusted model includes all variables in the table and month of survey.
↵b Increase is per SD of the sample = 17 years of age.
↵c C2DE. AUDIT = Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test. SD = standard deviation.