From: Physical activity as an aid to smoking cessation during pregnancy: Two feasibility studies
Variable | Study 1 | Study 2 | Overall |
---|---|---|---|
 | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) |
 | N = 10 | N = 22 | N = 32 |
Married or living with partner | 7 (70) | 16 (72.7) | 23 (71.8) |
White European | 9 (90) | 14 (63.6) | 23 (71.8) |
Professional/managerial occupation | 7 (70) | 8 (36.4) | 15 (46.9) |
Employed | 5 (50) | 16 (72.4) | 21 (65.6) |
Desperately/very important to quit smoking | 9 (90) | 22 (100) | 21 (96.9) |
Extremely/very determined to quit smoking | 9 (90) | 19 (86.4) | 28 (87.5) |
'Extremely' or 'very' high rating of chances of giving up smoking | 0 | 4 (18.1) | 4 (12.5) |
Walking as main exercise mode | 20 (90.9) | 9 (90.0) | 29 (90.6) |
Achieving 30 minutes of physical activity at least 5 days a week | 3 (30.0) | 4 (18.2) | 7 (21.9) |
Responded 'to some degree or very much so': | Â | Â | Â |
See yourself as the kind of person who exercises regularly | No record | 9 (40.9) | Â |
Thought of exercising is appealing | No record | 13 (59.1) | Â |
Think exercise is something you should do | No record | 21 (95.5) | Â |
 | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) |
Age | 32.7 (5.3) | 29.0 (5.6) | 30.2 (5.7) |
Full-time education (years) | 14.4 (3.1) | 14.0 (3.3) | 14.2 (3.2) |
Gestation (weeks) | 16.5 (6.3) | 16.2 (3.2) | 16.3 (4.3) |
Cigarettes per day now | 10.9 (6.3) | 8.2 (5.1) | 9.03 (5.5) |
Cigarettes per day before pregnancy | No record | 18.4 (7.9) | Â |
Fagerström Test of Nicotine Dependence score | 3.6 (1.7) | 3.2 (1.7) | 3.3 (1.7) |
Expired carbon monoxide level (ppm) | 13.2 (5.6) | 20.8 (13.0) | 18.3 (11.6) |
Reports of hours of physical activity per week | 2.4 (1.2) | 3.6 (2.8) | 3.1 (2.5) |
Days per week achieving 30 minutes of physical activity | 2.7 (2.2) | 2.9 (2.1) | 2.8 (2.1) |