pharmacoSmoking: pharmacoSmoking
Description
Randomized trial of triple therapy vs. patch for smoking cessation.
Usage
data("pharmacoSmoking")
Format
A data frame with 125 observations on the following 14 variables.
id- patient ID number
ttr- Time in days until relapse
relapse- Indicator of relapse (return to smoking)
grp- Randomly assigned treatment group with levels
combination or patchOnly age- Age in years at time of randomization
genderFemale or Male race-
black, hispanic, white, or other employment-
ft (full-time), pt (part-time), or other yearsSmoking- Number of years the patient had been a smoker
levelSmoking-
heavy or light ageGroup2- Age group with levels
21-49 or 50+ ageGroup4- Age group with levels
21-34, 35-49, 50-64, or 65+ priorAttempts- The number of prior attempts to quit smoking
longestNoSmoke- The longest period of time, in days, that the patient has previously gone without smoking
Source
This data is from a clinical trial described in Steinberg et al. (2009) References
Steinberg, M.B. Greenhaus, S. Schmelzer, A.C. Bover, M.T., Foulds, J., Hoover, D.R., and Carson, J.L. (2009) Triple-combination pharmacotherapy for medically ill smokers: A randomized trial.
Annals of Internal Medicine 150, 447-454.