Effectiveness of smoking cessation training in patients at a community mental health center

Table 1 Distribution of participants according to socio-demographic characteristics (n = 68), mean ± SD

Characteristics	Experimental group (n = 34)		Control group (n = 34)		Test value and significance
Gender
Female	8	23.5	11	32.4	χ2 = 0.292, P = 0.589
Male	26	76.5	23	67.6
Marital status
Single	23	67.6	27	79.4	χ2 = 0.680, P = 0.410
Married	11	32.4	7	20.6
Diagnosis
Bipolar disorders	9	26.5	8	23.5	χ2 = 0.000, P = 1.000
Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders	25	73.5	26	76.5
Income status
Income less than expenses	16	47.1	10	29.4	χ2 = 2.455, P = 0.336
Income equal to expenses	14	41.2	17	50.0
Income more than expenses	4	11.7	7	20.6
Educational status
Literate	8	23.5	6	17.6	χ2 = 1.363, P = 0.739
Primary education	10	29.4	11	32.4
Secondary education	12	35.3	15	44.1
Bachelor’s degree	4	11.8	2	5.9
Employment status
Unemployed	23	67.6	22	64.7	χ2 = 0.216, P = 1.000
Employed	7	20.6	7	20.6
Retired	4	11.8	5	14.7
Age	40.32 ± 9.15		41.06 ± 8.71		t = -0.339, P = 0.735
Years of smoking	23.71 ± 9.86		23.68 ± 8.78		t = 0.013, P = 0.990

χ² with yates correction, Fisher’s exact test with Monte Carlo simulation, t: Independent groups t test. For variables with more than two categories, P values represent overall group comparisons.