Doctors’ smoking control knowledge, attitudes and practices: a cross-sectional study conducted in Shandong Province, China

Wang, Qiang; Zhang, Xueli; Wang, Zengwu; Feng, Shangang; Li, Yang; Zhang, Chuanfeng; Wang, Chunping

doi:10.1186/s12889-020-10076-x

Table 4 Participants’ attitudes about smoking

From: Doctors’ smoking control knowledge, attitudes and practices: a cross-sectional study conducted in Shandong Province, China

Variables		Doctor should be the role model of nonsmoking			Doctor is the best role to persuade smokers to quit			Doctor should provide smoking cessation assistance actively			Provision of smoking cessation assistance is doctor’s responsibility
Variables		Agree	Do not agree	P	Agree	Do not agree	P	Agree	Do not agree	P	Agree	Do not agree	P
Total number		857, 81.93	189, 18.07		722, 69.02	324, 30.98		753, 71.99	293, 28.01		608, 58.13	438, 41.87
Sex	1	510, 79.69	130, 20.31	0.02	427, 66.72	213, 33.28	0.04	438, 68.44	202, 31.56	< 0.01	362, 56.56	278, 43.44	0.20
Sex	2	347, 85.47	59, 14.53	0.02	295, 72.66	111, 27.34	0.04	315, 77.59	91, 22.41	< 0.01	246, 60.59	160, 39.41	0.20
Age (years)	≤30	186, 77.50	54, 22.50	< 0.01	150, 62.50	90, 37.50	< 0.01	161, 67.08	79, 32.92	< 0.01	127, 52.92	113, 47.08	< 0.01
	≤40	397, 80.86	94, 19.14		318, 64.77	173, 35.23		336, 68.43	155, 31.57		257, 52.34	234, 47.66
	≤50	188, 83.56	37, 16.44		171, 76.00	54, 24.00		172, 76.44	53, 23.56		149, 66.22	76, 33.78
	> 50	86, 95.56	4, 4.44		83, 92.22	7, 7.78		84, 93.33	6, 6.67		75, 83.33	15, 16.67
Education	1	266, 81.35	61, 18.65	0.74	201, 61.47	126, 38.53	< 0.01	230, 70.34	97, 29.66	0.42	175, 53.52	152, 46.48	0.04
Education	2	591, 82.20	128, 17.80	0.74	521, 72.46	198, 27.54	< 0.01	523, 72.74	196, 27.26	0.42	433, 60.22	286, 39.78	0.04
Professional title	1	59, 65.56	31, 34.44	< 0.01	37, 41.11	53, 58.89	< 0.01	49, 54.44	41, 45.56	< 0.01	26, 28.89	64, 71.11	< 0.01
	2	189, 77.78	54, 22.22		154, 63.37	89, 36.63		144, 59.26	99, 40.74		127, 52.26	116, 47.74
	3	241, 83.10	49, 16.90		197, 67.93	93, 32.07		219, 75.52	71, 24.48		179, 61.72	111, 38.28
	4	223, 85.11	39, 14.89		201, 76.72	61, 23.28		204, 77.86	58, 22.14		160, 61.07	102, 38.93
	5	145, 90.06	16, 9.94		133, 82.61	28, 17.39		137, 85.09	24, 14.91		116, 72.05	45, 27.95
Department	1	271, 79.24	71, 20.76	< 0.01	221, 64.62	121, 35.38	< 0.01	221, 64.62	121, 35.38	< 0.01^*	171, 50.00	171, 50.00	< 0.01
	2	198, 76.45	61, 23.55		155, 59.85	104, 40.15		153, 59.07	106, 40.93		124, 47.88	135, 52.12
	3	74, 94.87	4, 5.13		74, 94.87	4, 5.13		71, 91.03	7, 8.97		41, 52.56	37, 47.44
	4	113, 100.00	0, 0.00		111, 98.23	2, 1.77		113, 100.00	0, 0.00		102, 90.27	11, 9.73
	5	201, 79.13	53, 20.87		161, 63.39	93, 36.61		195, 76.77	59, 23.23		170, 66.93	84, 33.07
Smoking status	1	99, 64.29	55, 35.71	< 0.01	82, 53.25	72, 46.75	< 0.01	84, 54.55	70, 45.45	< 0.01	64, 41.56	90, 58.44	< 0.01
Smoking status	2	758, 84.98	134, 15.02	< 0.01	640, 71.75	252, 28.25	< 0.01	669, 75.00	223, 25.00	< 0.01	544, 60.99	348, 39.01	< 0.01

Data are presented as frequency and percentage. Statistical analysis method: * is Fisher’s exact probability method and others are Pearson’s χ² test. Sex: 1: male, 2: female; Education: 1: bachelor’s degree or below, 2: graduate degree; Professional title: 1: no professional title, 2: primary professional title, 3: middle professional title, 4: deputy senior professional title, 5: senior professional title; Department: 1: physician, 2: surgeon, 3: obstetrics and gynecology, 4: pediatrics; 5: other departments; Smoking status: 1: current smokers, 2: nonsmokers

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