Characteristics and predictors of readiness to quit among emergency medical patients presenting with respiratory symptoms

Table 4 Correlations between variables and the single-item Readiness to Change scores (N = 665)

Correlations
	Readiness to quit
	Pearson correlation	Significance (2-tailed)
Medical utilization in past year
Number of doctor's office visits	0.06	ns
Number of ED visits	0.10	0.06
Number of hospitalizations	0.04	ns
Number of days in hospital	0.11	0.07
Physician intervention
Did the physician in the ED ask you about your smoking?	0.022	ns
Did the physician in the ED advise you to quit smoking?	-0.114	0.004
Risk perception
Total risk perception score	0.222	<0.001
Do you have symptoms of an illness that is caused or made worse by smoking?	0.175	<0.001
How much has smoking affected your overall health?	0.207	<0.001
How much could quitting smoking help your health?	0.233	<0.001
Other Variables
Decisional balance (Pros of continued smoking)	-0.19	<0.001
Decisional balance (Cons of continued smoking)	0.15	<0.001
Nicotine dependence	-0.131	<0.001

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