Table 2 Socio-demographic and professional characteristics associated with smoking and drinking behaviours among 1784 Swiss primary care physicians.
From: Use of tobacco and alcohol by Swiss primary care physicians: a cross-sectional survey
Smoking status | Drinking behavior (AUDIT-C score) | Drinking behavior (third question of AUDIT-C) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Current smoker | Former smoker | Never smoker | Non drinker | Drinker | At risk drinker | Non drinker | Drinker | At risk drinker | ||||||
n | % | % | % | % | p-value | % | % | % | p-value | % | % | % | p-value | |
Sex1 | 0.04 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |||||||||||
Male | 1491 | 83.6 | 12.6 | 23.3 | 64.0 | 3.1 | 65.8 | 31.1 | 3.1 | 59.1 | 37.8 | |||
Female | 293 | 16.4 | 11.0 | 17.5 | 71.6 | 11.6 | 64.4 | 24.0 | 11.6 | 76.0 | 12.2 | |||
Age (years)1 | 0.002 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |||||||||||
< 35 | 15 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 13.3 | 86.7 | 6.7 | 80.0 | 13.3 | 6.7 | 86.7 | 6.7 | |||
36–45 | 476 | 26.7 | 10.5 | 17.3 | 72.2 | 5.3 | 71.6 | 23.1 | 5.3 | 66.8 | 27.9 | |||
45–55 | 829 | 46.5 | 14.0 | 22.2 | 63.7 | 4.4 | 64.6 | 31.0 | 4.4 | 59.1 | 36.6 | |||
56–65 | 400 | 22.4 | 11.5 | 28.1 | 60.4 | 2.3 | 59.6 | 38.1 | 2.3 | 60.0 | 37.8 | |||
>65 | 64 | 3.6 | 12.5 | 28.1 | 59.4 | 14.3 | 66.7 | 19.0 | 14.3 | 68.3 | 17.5 | |||
Region1 | 0.002 | 0.14 | 0.02 | |||||||||||
German-speaking | 1277 | 71.6 | 11.0 | 20.9 | 68.1 | 4.2 | 67.2 | 28.6 | 4.2 | 64.1 | 31.7 | |||
French-speaking | 437 | 24.5 | 16.1 | 26.1 | 57.8 | 4.8 | 60.9 | 34.3 | 4.8 | 55.5 | 39.7 | |||
Italian-speaking | 70 | 3.9 | 14.5 | 24.6 | 60.9 | 7.1 | 65.7 | 27.1 | 7.1 | 62.9 | 30.0 | |||
Living alone 1 | < 0.001 | 0.008 | 0.08 | |||||||||||
Yes | 1665 | 93.9 | 26.1 | 15.1 | 58.8 | 8.4 | 53.8 | 37.8 | 8.4 | 56.3 | 35.3 | |||
No | 119 | 6.7 | 11.4 | 22.9 | 65.7 | 4.2 | 66.4 | 29.4 | 4.2 | 62.3 | 33.5 | |||
Principal outcome of the household 1 (13 missing) | 0.007 | 0.002 | < 0.001 | |||||||||||
Yes | 1510 | 85.3 | 12.8 | 23.3 | 63.9 | 4.0 | 64.5 | 31.4 | 4.0 | 59.4 | 36.6 | |||
No | 261 | 14.7 | 10.0 | 16.2 | 73.8 | 6.9 | 71.5 | 21.5 | 6.9 | 75.9 | 17.2 | |||
Medical specialty 1 | 0.08 | 0.25 | 0.31 | |||||||||||
General medicine | 805 | 45.1 | 11.8 | 21.2 | 67.0 | 3.7 | 66.2 | 30.0 | 3.7 | 62.1 | 34.1 | |||
General internal medicine | 596 | 33.4 | 12.0 | 24.6 | 63.4 | 4.0 | 65.1 | 30.9 | 4.0 | 62.0 | 34.0 | |||
Paediatrics | 164 | 9.2 | 9.8 | 18.4 | 71.8 | 6.7 | 68.3 | 25.0 | 6.7 | 64.0 | 29.3 | |||
None | 219 | 12.3 | 17.4 | 23.3 | 59.4 | 6.8 | 62.6 | 30.6 | 6.8 | 59.4 | 33.8 | |||
Type of practice 1 (7 missing) | 0.62 | 0.45 | 0.92 | |||||||||||
Solo | 1123 | 63.2 | 12.3 | 23.0 | 64.7 | 4.2 | 65.9 | 29.9 | 4.2 | 61.8 | 34.0 | |||
Group | 598 | 33.7 | 12.4 | 21.6 | 65.9 | 5.0 | 64.3 | 30.7 | 5.0 | 62.3 | 32.7 | |||
Other | 56 | 3.2 | 12.5 | 14.3 | 73.2 | 5.4 | 75.0 | 19.6 | 5.4 | 60.7 | 33.9 | |||
Place of practice 1 | 0.18 | 0.79 | 0.86 | |||||||||||
Urban | 664 | 37.3 | 14.5 | 23.3 | 62.2 | 4.7 | 63.9 | 31.4 | 4.7 | 60.4 | 34.9 | |||
Semi-urban | 591 | 33.2 | 11.5 | 21.9 | 66.6 | 4.6 | 65.8 | 29.6 | 4.6 | 62.0 | 33.4 | |||
Rural | 524 | 29.5 | 10.5 | 21.8 | 67.7 | 4.2 | 67.5 | 28.3 | 4.2 | 63.7 | 32.1 | |||