Quantitative comparisons between quitters and non-quitters
| Theme* | A: Number of smokers with theme | |||||
| Number of quitters with theme (% out of n=16) | Number of non-quitters with theme (% out of n=16) | B: Number of consultations with theme (%) | C: Total number of occurrences overall | D: Mean frequency of mentions in consultations in which theme appears (ie, columns C/B) | ||
| Quitters out of 30 consultations, n (%) | Non-quitters out of 29 consultations n (%) | Quitters, non- quitters | Quitters, non- quitters | |||
| Negotiating the smoker–adviser relationship | ||||||
| Lifeworld talk | 10 (63) | 9 (56) | 19 (63) | 18 (62) | 75, 45 | 3.95, 2.5 |
| Adviser being non-judgemental | 4 (25) | 3 (19) | 6 (20) | 5 (17) | 9, 10 | 1.50, 2.00 |
| Adviser praise | 10 (63) | 9 (56) | 22 (73) | 20 (69) | 64, 53 | 2.91, 2.65 |
| The roles of the adviser and the smoker in the quit attempt | ||||||
| Receiving biomedical information and advice | 14 (88) | 11 (69) | 25 (83) | 16 (55) | 106, 48 | 4.24, 3.00 |
| Importance of support | 8 (50) | 5 (31) | 14 (47) | 6 (21) | 31, 13 | 2.21, 2.17 |
| Mentioning side effects of medication | 9 (56) | 8 (50) | 12 (40) | 11 (38) | 34, 26 | 2.83, 2.36 |
| Adviser mentioning relapse | 4 (25) | 3 (19) | 9 (30) | 6 (21) | 12, 6 | 1.33, 1.00 |
| Motivational talk | 5 (31) | 5 (31) | 15 (50) | 12 (41) | 37, 34 | 2.47, 2.83 |
| Confidence in being able to quit | 3 (19) | 1 (6) | 8 (27) | 2 (7) | 8, 3 | 1.00, 1.50 |
| Need for willpower | 8 (50) | 7 (44) | 9 (30) | 13 (45) | 17, 18 | 1.89, 1.38 |
| Collaborative talk (eg, ‘we’) | 10 (63) | 8 (50) | 20 (67) | 15 (52) | 67, 51 | 3.35, 3.40 |
| Ownership of the quit | 5 (31) | 4 (24) | 8 (27) | 5 (17) | 16, 6 | 2.00, 1.20 |
| Managing smoker expectations of the programme | 5 (31) | 9 (56) | 9 (30) | 11 (38) | 19, 30 | 2.11, 2.73 |
| The use of quit props and strategies | 11 (69) | 10 (63) | 22 (73) | 22 (76) | 73, 39 | 3.32, 1.77 |
| ‘Open-door’ talk (invitations to informal consultations between the formal ones) | 9 (56) | 7 (44) | 10 (33) | 8 (28) | 15, 12 | 1.50, 1.50 |
| Monitoring and surveillance | 14 (88) | 15 (94) | 21 (70) | 17 (59) | 38, 38 | 1.81, 2.24 |
| Smoker and adviser misalignment on reasons for smoking, relapsing and quitting | ||||||
| Smoker explanations for smoking | ||||||
| Stress | 6 (38) | 9 (56) | 8 (27) | 13 (45) | 19, 17 | 2.38, 1.31 |
| Social factors | 4 (25) | 3 (19) | 6 (20) | 4 (14) | 8, 6 | 1.33, 1.50 |
| Financial reasons | 5 (31) | 5 (31) | 5 (17) | 6 (21) | 6, 8 | 1.20, 1.33 |
| Health problem | 8 (50) | 11 (69) | 8 (27) | 13 (45) | 19, 32 | 2.38, 2.46 |
| Smoker explanations for wanting to quit | ||||||
| Quitting for families (including children) | 5 (31) | 3 (19) | 6 (20) | 3 (10) | 15, 3 | 2.50, 1.00 |
| Obligations to self and others | 2 (13) | 1 (6) | 4 (13) | 1 (3) | 6, 1 | 1.50, 1.00 |
| Negative feelings towards smoking | 1 (6) | 3 (19) | 1 (3) | 5 (17) | 1, 5 | 1.00, 1.00 |
| Negative impact of smoking on appearance (eg, Ageing effects) or identity (eg, Smelly) | 1 (6) | 3 (19) | 2 (7) | 5 (17) | 2, 8 | 1.00, 1.60 |
| Adviser-suggested motivator for smoker to quit | ||||||
| Financial | 4 (25) | 6 (38) | 10 (33) | 8 (28) | 14, 9 | 1.40, 1.13 |
| Health scare tactics | 4 (25) | 3 (19) | 5 (17) | 3 (10) | 8, 5 | 1.60, 1.67 |
*Themes shown here have been selected from a larger pool for this paper.
(A) number of quitters and non-quitters for which each theme was identified (second and third columns); (B) number of consultations overall in which each theme was identified (middle columns); (C) total number of occurrences in all consultations (penultimate column); (D) relative frequency with which themes were used in individual consultations (final column). In the narrative text we only consider values for A and D.