Determinants of smoking cessation outcomes
| Smoking outcomes: unstandardised coefficient (significance level) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Predictor variables (ordinary least squares estimation) | Reach (%) | Absolute success (n) | Cessation rate (%) | Loss (%) |
| Area characteristics | ||||
| Whether an HAZ | 0.593 (0.001) | 0.51 (0.001) | ||
| Index of multiple deprivation | −0.35 (0.001) | 0.0051(0.006) | ||
| Number of adult smokers aged 16+ in health authority (millions) | 2.3 (0.001) | |||
| % population aged 30–44 | −0.027 (0.024) | |||
| Service characteristics | ||||
| Number of months before service expected to work at full capacity | −0.024 (0.009) | |||
| Service operating at full capacity now | 0.13 (0.015) | |||
| Coordinator has responsibilities other than developing/running service | −6.3 (0.001) | 0.15 (0.001) | ||
| Salary level of coordinator | −0.088 (0.037) | |||
| Difficulty recruiting smoking cessation service advisors or counsellors | −0.053 (0.043) | |||
| Difficulty finding good quality training courses for advisors or counsellors | 0.037(0.042) | |||
| Central base used (almost) exclusively by smoking cessation service | −10.3 (0.001) | 0.14 (0.043) | ||
| Satellite/outreach bases shared between service and other organisations | −0.12 (0.029) | |||
| General practices sometimes used by advisors to deliver cessation interventions | 7.5 (0.013) | |||
| Other NHS primary care premises used (other than general practices, pharmacies) | 0.13 0(.047) | |||
| % users receiving individual support | 0.0028 (0.004) | 0.0035 (0.001) | ||
| Length (minutes) of individual sessions | 0.0076 (0.004) | −0.0066 (0.002) | ||
| Number of individual sessions in a complete treatment course | 1.3 (0.018) | |||
| % users receiving group support | 0.18 (0.001) | |||
| Number of different types of professionals receiving training from service staff | −0.035 (0.008) | |||
| Protocol for dispensing or prescribing bupropion agreed with local GPs | 5.5 (0.016) | |||
| Whether advisors/counsellors ever recommended bupropion | −0.15 (0.012) | |||
| Strength of relationship of services with local PCGs/PCTs | 0.073 (0.041) | 0.081 (0.008) | ||
| Constant | −0.17 (0.091) | 2.96 (0.001) | 38.2 (0.001) | 1.52 (0.001) |
| Sample size | 74 | 75 | 74 | 74 |
| R2 | 0.65 | 0.71 | 0.54 | 0.53 |
| Adjusted R2 | 0.63 | 0.67 | 0.49 | 0.46 |
| Significance level of F | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 |