Table 2 The survey respondents’ smoking status and behavior by gender and occupation
From: Smoking behavior, attitudes, and cessation counseling among healthcare professionals in Armenia
Nurses % (N) | Physicians % (N) | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(n = 122) | (n = 93) | ||||
Male | Female | Male | Female | ||
Smoking status | <0.001 | ||||
Daily | - | 4.2 (5) | 34.0 (10) | 10.9 (5) | |
Occasional | - | 2.5 (3) | 8.5 (16) | 8.7 (4) | |
Ex-smoker | - | 1.7 (2) | 21.2 (4) | 10.9 (5) | |
Never smoked | 100 (2) | 91.7 (100) | 36.2 (17) | 69.6 (32) | |
Smoking duration (yrs), mean ± sd | 15.6 ± 8.2 | 16.8 ± 10.7 | 0.743 | ||
Cigarettes/day, mean ± sd | 6.7 ± 7.2 | 17.5 ± 15.2 | 0.106 | ||
Cigarettes/day at work, mean ± sd | 1.0 ± 2.6 | 7.4 ± 8.0 | 0.046 | ||
Quit attempts in 30 days, %(N) | 16.7 (1) | 34.8 (8) | 0.393 | ||