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Table 2 Knowledge and attitude of medical students

From: Tobacco use among Kyrgyzstan medical students: an 11-year follow-up cross-sectional study

 

Overall

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Year 6

N

618

103

102

104

104

101

104

Smoking causes cancer and other diseases

100% evidence, N (%)*

459 (74)

86 (83)

75 (73)

68 (67)

73 (70)

79 (78)

78 (75)

Insufficient evidence, N (%)*

121 (20)

16 (15)

20 (19)

14 (14)

30 (29)

21 (21)

20 (19)

No evidence, N (%)

18 (3)

2 (2)

2 (2)

6 (6)

1 (1)

1 (1)

6 (6)

A medical should advise all patients quit smoking*

522 (84)

84 (81)

89 (86)

82 (80)

91 (88)

96 (95)

80 (77)

Such advice may be effective*

380 (61)

68 (65)

56 (54)

58 (57)

73 (70)

67 (66)

58 (56)

I need more info on smoking as a cause of disease

420 (68)

67 (64)

72 (70)

70 (69)

75 (72)

75 (74)

61 (59)

I need more info on smoking dependence treatment*

391 (63)

53 (51)

62 (60)

74 (73)

68 (65)

69 (68)

65 (63)

I am ready to take part in anti-tobacco activities

374 (61)

48 (46)

52 (50)

53 (52)

80 (77)

75 (74)

66 (63)

I know enough about FCTC*

166 (27)

10 (10)

14 (14)

14 (14)

28 (27)

80 (79)

20 (19)

Alcohol consumption

Never or very seldom

128 (21)

19 (18)

20 (19)

23 (23)

19 (18)

19 (19)

28 (27)

Sometimes

87 (14)

9 (9)

18 (17)

19 (19)

15 (14)

10 (10)

16 (15)

Quite often

17 (3)

3 (3)

4 (4)

2 (2)

4 (4)

2 (2)

2 (2)

  1. Note: * - p < 0.05 for ANOVA test comparisons across years of study