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Table 5 Participants’ actions about smoking

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

Variables

Ask about the smoking history of patients or the patients’ family members actively

Whether or not to educate the patients about the harm of smoking and persuade the patients to quit smoking if the patients have the habit of smoking

Have prescribed smoking cessation drug for patient

Often

When smoking is related to disease

Rarely

P

Often

Sometimes

Never

P

Yes

No

P

Total number

891, 85.18

91, 8.70

64, 6.12

 

704, 67.30

323, 30.88

19, 1.82

 

51, 4.88

995, 95.12

 

Sex

1

556, 86.88

53, 8.28

31, 4.84

0.07

427, 66.72

196, 30.63

17, 2.66

0.04

34, 5.31

606, 94.69

0.41

2

335, 82.51

38, 9.36

33, 8.13

277, 68.23

127, 31.28

2, 0.49

17, 4.19

389, 95.81

Age (years)

≤30

204, 85.00

14, 5.83

22, 9.17

0.06

154, 64.17

79, 32.92

7, 2.92

< 0.01*

6, 2.50

234, 97.50

< 0.01*

≤40

421, 85.74

41, 8.35

29, 5.91

309, 62.93

171, 34.83

11, 2.24

18, 3.67

473, 96.33

≤50

191, 84.89

27, 12.00

7, 3.11

162, 72.00

62, 27.56

1, 0.44

10, 4.44

215, 95.56

> 50

75, 83.33

9, 10.00

6, 6.67

79, 87.78

11, 12.22

0, 0.00

17, 18.89

73, 81.11

Education

1

259, 79.20

37, 11.31

31, 9.48

< 0.01

212, 64.83

106, 32.42

9, 2.75

0.21

19, 5.81

308, 94.19

0.34

2

632, 87.90

54, 7.51

33, 4.59

492, 68.43

217, 30.18

10, 1.39

32, 4.45

687, 95.55

Professional title

1

82, 91.11

1, 1.11

7, 7.78

< 0.01

48, 53.33

38, 42.22

4, 4.44

< 0.01*

3, 3.33

87, 96.67

0.01*

2

212, 87.24

12, 4.94

19, 7.82

150, 61.73

87, 35.80

6, 2.47

5, 2.06

238, 97.94

3

248, 85.52

27, 9.31

15, 5.17

196, 67.59

91, 31.38

3, 1.03

13, 4.48

277, 95.52

4

224, 85.50

22, 8.40

16, 6.11

182, 69.47

74, 28.24

6, 2.29

14, 5.34

248, 94.66

5

125, 77.64

29, 18.01

7, 4.35

128, 79.50

33, 20.50

0, 0.00

16, 9.94

145, 90.06

Department

1

305, 89.18

25, 7.31

12, 3.51

< 0.01

247, 72.22

94, 27.49

1, 0.29

< 0.01*

11, 3.22

331, 96.78

< 0.01*

2

218, 84.17

25, 9.65

16, 6.18

143, 55.21

104, 40.15

12, 4.63

9, 3.47

250, 96.53

3

53, 67.95

12, 15.38

13, 16.67

61, 78.21

17, 21.79

0, 0.00

1, 1.28

77, 98.72

4

102, 90.27

4, 3.54

7, 6.19

102, 90.27

11, 9.73

0, 0.00

11, 9.73

102, 90.27

5

213, 83.86

25, 9.84

16, 6.30

151, 59.45

97, 38.19

6, 2.36

19, 7.48

235, 92.52

Smoking status

1

137, 88.96

9, 5.84

8, 5.19

0.33

76, 49.35

71, 46.10

7, 4.55

< 0.01*

11, 7.14

143, 92.86

0.16

2

754, 84.53

82, 9.19

56, 6.28

628, 70.40

252, 28.25

12, 1.35

40, 4.48

852, 95.12

  1. 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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