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Table 3 Variables associated with the familiarity of SC Guideline in the multivariate analysis (logistic regression analysis)

From: Community pharmacists' involvement in smoking cessation: familiarity and implementation of the National smoking cessation guideline in Finland

Variable

Unadjusted

Adjusted*

 

OR (95% Cl)

p-value

OR (95% CI)

p-value

Factors associated with the responding pharmacist

   

Specialization in asthma

    

   No

1.0

 

1.0

 

   Yes

2.3 (1.8-3.1)

<0.001

2.1 (1.5-3.0)

<0.001

Participation in education supporting

SC counselling

   

   No

1.0

 

1.0

 

   Yes

3.3 (2.4-4.7)

<0.001

2.1 (1.5-3.1)

<0.001

Perceives health care's support needed in SC

   

   Never

1.0

 

1.0

 

   Seldom

2.6 (1.2-5.7)

0.010

2.0 (0.9-5.0)

0.104

   Always or almost always

4.3 (1.9-9.4)

0.021

2.7 (1.2-6.6)

0.022

Perceives own personal skills and knowledge

adequate to support SC

  

   No

1.0

 

1.0

 

   No opinion

2.8 (1.5-5.2)

0.001

3.5 (1.6-7.4)

0.001

   Yes

5.0 (3.1-7.9)

<0.001

3.8 (2.2-6.5)

<0.001

Perceives customers value of NRT counseling

    

   Disagree

1.0

 

1.0

 

   No opinion

2.2 (1.0-4.7)

0.016

3.3(1.3-8.7)

0.016

   Agree

2.4 (1.2-4.5)

0.044

2.3 (1.0-5.4)

0.044

Smoked at least 100 cigarettes up to date

    

   No

1.0

 

1.0

 

   Yes

1.5 (1.1-1.9)

0.003

1.7 (1.2-2.3)

0.001

SC services available in the respondent's workplace

   

SC counseling supporting pocket card in use

   

   Never

1.0

 

1.0

 

   Sometimes

2.0 (1.5-2.6)

<0.001

1.7 (1.3-2.4)

0.002

   Always

3.9 (2.8-5.5)

<0.001

3.0 (2.0-4.4)

<0.001

In-house guideline in NRT dispensing in use

   

   No

1.0

 

1.0

 

   Yes, oral

2.3 (1.7-3.1)

<0.001

1.5 (1.0-2.1)

0.030

   Yes, written

2.4 (1.8-3.3)

<0.001

1.8 (1.3-2.6)

0.001

Participation in local multidisciplinary

SC actions

   

   No

1.0

 

1.0

 

   Yes

3.5 (2.5-4.8)

<0.001

2.4 (1.6-3.5)

<0.001

  1. * Adjusted for all the variables shown in the table. Logistic regression analysis: R2 = 0.264 (Nagelkerke) and Goodness-of-fit test (Hosmer-Lemeshow): 1,312; p = 0.995. CI = Confidence Interval