Chinese pediatrician beliefs about counseling and medications for parents who smoke: a survey in southern China

Huang, Kaiyong; Abdullah, Abu S; Liao, Jing; Huo, Haiying; Yang, Li; Zhang, Zhiyong; Winickoff, Jonathan P; Nong, Guangmin

doi:10.1186/s12971-015-0035-x

Tobacco Induced Diseases

Table 1 Demographic and other characteristics of survey sample, Guangxi, China 2013 (n = 504)

From: Chinese pediatrician beliefs about counseling and medications for parents who smoke: a survey in southern China

Variables	N	%
Demographic and work environment characteristics
*Gender*
Male	182	36
Female	322	64
*Age*
20-30	215	43
31-40	159	31
41-50	89	18
Above 50	41	8
*Physician type*
Resident Physician	223	45
Attending Physician	151	30
Associate Chief Physician	88	17
Chief Physician	42	8
*Number of years studied at medical school*
5 Years	388	77
More than 5 years	116	23
Tobacco use related characteristics
*Smoking status*
Current smoker	82	17
Nonsmoker	400	83
*Use other forms of tobacco*
No	480	95
Yes	24	5
*Heard about e-cigarettes*
No	178	35
Yes	326	65
Exposed to SHS regularly*
No	247	54
Yes	211	46
*Received cigarettes as gift or gave cigarettes as gifts to others*
No	423	84
Yes	81	16
Hospital policy characteristics
*Have smoke-free policy in the hospital*
No policy	8	2
Have policy	496	98
*Hospital have any policy to advise smokers to quit*
No	219	43
Yes	285	57
Training and work attitudes
*Received formal training in smoking cessation*
No	399	81
Yes	96	19
*Have read China smoking cessation guidelines*
No	322	64
Yes	77	15
Never heard about it	105	21
*Have read international (i.e. US, UK) smoking cessation guidelines*
No	359	71
Yes	36	7
Never heard about it	109	22
*Other international guidelines are useful*
No	4	10
Yes	31	78
Not Sure	5	12
*Believe about the professional responsibility to discuss smoking cessation*
Pediatricians	229	25
Nurses	160	18
The parent’s primary care doctor	379	41
Others	150	16
*Level of confidence discussing smoking cessation or SHS exposure reduction with patients’ parents*
Not at all confident	66	13
Somewhat confident	316	63
Very confident	122	24
*Beliefs regarding effectiveness of physician counseling for smoking cessation*
Agree/strongly agree	304	60
Disagree/strongly disagree	200	40
*Beliefs regarding effectiveness of pharmacological treatment for smoking cessation*
Agree/strongly agree	266	53
Disagree/strongly disagree	238	47
*Lack of professional training in the area of tobacco cessation counseling is a major barrier*
Yes	455	94
No	27	6

Note: Due to the missing values in some variables, the total number may not equal to the same. *exposed to SHS for more than 15 minutes daily for more than 1 day in the past week.

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