Table 2 Types of primary care providersā advice about exposure to secondhand smokeāDocStyles Survey, 2008
From: Physician advice on avoiding secondhand smoke exposure and referrals for smoking cessation services
Physician | Encouraged protecting children from SHS exposure | Encouraged smokers to maintain smoke-free homes/cars | Encouraged nonsmokers to avoid SHS exposure | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristics | N | % (95%C.I.) | N | % (95%C.I.) | N | % (95%C.I.) |
Sex | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā |
Men | 1,028 | 94.1 (91.8-96.4) | 925 | 84.7 (82.3-87.1) | 828 | 75.8 (73.2-78.4) |
Women | 352 | 97.2 (94.9-99.5) | 327 | 90.3 (87.9-92.8) | 297 | 82.0 (79.5-84.6) |
Age | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā |
26-35 | 250 | 96.2 (94.1-98.2) | 230 | 88.5 (86.3-90.6) | 199 | 76.5 (74.3-78.8) |
36-45 | 562 | 95.3 (92.7-97.8) | 513 | 86.9 (84.2-89.7) | 466 | 79.0 (76.1-81.9) |
46-55 | 385 | 93.4 (91.1-95.8) | 353 | 85.7 (83.2-88.2) | 311 | 75.5 (72.9-78.1) |
ā„56 | 183 | 95.3 (93.5-97.1) | 156 | 81.3 (79.4-83.1) | 149 | 77.6 (75.6-79.6) |
Race/ethnicity | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā |
White | 987 | 94.3 (91.9-96.7) | 901 | 86.1 (83.6-88.5) | 787 | 75.2 (72.5-77.8) |
Black | 47 | 95.9 (95.0-96.9) | 42 | 85.7 (84.7-86.7) | 36 | 73.5 (72.4-74.5) |
Hispanic | 61 | 96.8 (95.7-97.9) | 53 | 84.1 (83.0-85.2) | 56 | 88.9 (87.6-90.2) |
Asian | 221 | 96.5 (94.6-98.4) | 198 | 86.5 (84.4-88.5) | 187 | 81.7 (79.5-83.8) |
Other | 64 | 97.0 (95.9-98.1) | 58 | 87.9 (86.7-89.0) | 59 | 89.4 (88.1-90.7) |
Smoking status | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā |
Smoker | 96 | 99.0 (97.6-100)) | 82 | 84.5 (83.2-85.9) | 74 | 76.3 (74.8-77.7) |
Nonsmoker | 1,284 | 94.6 (93.3-96.0) | 1,170 | 86.2 (84.8-87.6) | 1,051 | 77.5 (76.0-78.9) |
Health care provider | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā |
Family/general practitioners | 485 | 97.8 (96.5-99.1) | 439 | 88.5 (85.7-91.3) | 382 | 77.0 (73.3-80.7) |
Internists | 442 | 93.6 (91.4-95.8) | 395 | 83.7 (80.4-87.0) | 379 | 80.3 (76.7-83.9) |
Pediatricians | 242 | 99.2 (98.0-100) | 236 | 96.7 (94.5-99.0) | 211 | 86.5 (82.2-90.8) |
Obstetricians/gynecologists | 211 | 87.2 (83.0-91.4) | 182 | 75.2 (69.8-80.6) | 153 | 63.2 (57.1-69.3) |
Teaching privileges | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā |
Yes | 783 | 94.5 (91.8-97.1) | 714 | 86.1(83.4-88.9) | 648 | 78.2 (75.3-81.1) |
No | 597 | 95.5 (92.9-98.1) | 538 | 86.1(83.3-88.8) | 477 | 76.3 (73.4-79.2) |
Type of practice | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā |
Individual | 233 | 95.9 (93.9-97.9) | 204 | 84.0 (81.9-86.0) | 196 | 80.7 (78.4-82.9) |
Group | 880 | 94.5 (92.0-97.1) | 806 | 86.6 (83.9-89.2) | 705 | 75.7 (72.9-78.6) |
Hospital/clinic | 267 | 95.4 (93.3-97.4) | 242 | 86.4 (84.2-88.6) | 224 | 80.0 (77.7-82.3) |
Years in practice | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā |
0-5 | 192 | 97.5 (95.6-99.3) | 176 | 89.3 (87.4-91.3) | 156 | 79.2 (77.2-81.2) |
6-10 | 445 | 96.3 (93.9-98.8) | 410 | 88.7 (86.1-91.3) | 361 | 78.1 (75.4-80.9) |
11-20 | 436 | 92.6 (90.1-95.0) | 397 | 84.3 (81.7-86.9) | 357 | 75.8 (73.1-78.5) |
ā„21 | 307 | 94.8 (92.6-96.9) | 269 | 83.0 (80.7-85.3) | 251 | 77.5 (75.0-79.9) |
Number of physicians in practice | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā |
1-2 | 357 | 94.4 (92.1-96.8) | 315 | 83.3 (80.9-85.7) | 294 | 77.8 (75.2-80.3) |
3-5 | 373 | 94.4 (92.1-96.8) | 343 | 86.8 (84.4-89.3) | 306 | 77.5 (74.9-80.1) |
6-10 | 313 | 95.7 (93.5-97.9) | 291 | 89.0 (86.7-91.3) | 256 | 78.3 (75.8-80.7) |
11-25 | 178 | 95.2 (93.4-97.0) | 160 | 85.6 (83.7-87.4) | 145 | 77.5 (75.6-79.5) |
ā„26 | 159 | 95.2 (93.5-96.9) | 143 | 85.6 (83.9-87.4) | 124 | 74.3 (72.4-76.1) |
Number of patients per week | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā | Ā |
1-75 | 296 | 95.8 (93.6-98.0) | 265 | 85.8 (83.5-88.0) | 238 | 77.0 (74.6-79.4) |
76-100 | 464 | 92.8 (90.3-95.3) | 424 | 84.8 (82.2-87.4) | 369 | 73.8 (71.1-76.5) |
101-150 | 457 | 95.8 (93.3-98.3) | 413 | 86.6 (84.0-89.2) | 381 | 79.9 (77.1-82.6) |
ā„151 | 163 | 97.0 (95.3-98.7) | 150 | 89.3 (87.5-91.1) | 137 | 81.5 (79.6-83.5) |
Total | 1,380 | 94.9 | 1,252 | 86.1 | 1,125 | 77.4 |