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Table 2 Factors associated with the belief that physician counseling is effective for smoking cessation, Guangxi, China 2013

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

Variables

Agree/strongly agree

Disagree/strongly disagree

χ 2

P value

n (%)

n (%)

Total

304 (60)

200 (40)

  

Gender

    

Male

98 (54)

84 (46)

4.984

0.026

Female

206 (64)

116 (36)

Ages

    

20-30

126 (59)

89 (41)

1.977

0.577

31-40

93 (58)

66 (42)

41-50

59 (66)

30 (34)

Above 50

26 (63)

15 (37)

Physician type

    

Resident Physician

121 (54)

102 (46)

6.825

0.078

Attending Physician

95 (63)

56 (37)

Associate Chief Physician

60 (68)

28 (32)

Chief Physician

28 (67)

14 (33)

Number of years studied at medical school

    

1-5 Years

232 (60)

156 (40)

0.193

0.660

More than 5 years

72 (62)

44 (38)

Smoking status

    

Current smoker

51 (62)

31 (38)

0.108

0.743

Nonsmoker

241 (60)

159 (40)

Use other forms of tobacco

    

No

289 (60)

191 (40)

0.031

0.861

Yes

15 (63)

9 (37)

Heard about e-cigarettes

    

No

105 (59)

73 (41)

0.203

0.625

Yes

199 (61)

127 (39)

Exposed to SHS regularly

    

No

158 (64)

89 (36)

1.076

0.299

Yes

125 (59)

86 (41)

Received cigarettes as gift or gave cigarettes as gifts to others

    

No

251 (59)

172 (41)

1.055

0.304

Yes

53 (65)

28 (35)

Hospital have any policy to advise smokers to quit

    

No

121 (55)

98 (45)

4.153

0.042

Yes

183 (64)

102 (36)

Received formal training in smoking cessation

    

No

231 (58)

168 (42)

5.416

0.020

Yes

68 (71)

28 (29)

Have read China smoking cessation guidelines

    

No

201 (62)

121 (38)

6.833

0.033

Yes

51 (66)

26 (34)

Never heard about it

52 (49)

53 (51)

Have read international (i.e. US, UK) smoking cessation guidelines

    

No

218 (61)

141 (39)

1.169

0.557

Yes

24 (67)

12 (33)

Never heard about it

62 (57)

47 (43)

Other international Guidelines are useful

    

No

3 (75)

1 (25)

0.361

0.835

Yes

21 (68)

10 (32)

Not sure

4 (80)

1 (20)

Believe about the professional responsibility to discuss smoking cessation

    

Pediatricians

159 (69)

70 (31)

34.927

0.000

Nurses

107 (67)

53 (33)

The parent’s primary care doctor

250 (66)

129 (34)

Others:

63 (42)

87 (58)

Level of confidence discussing smoking cessation or SHS exposure reduction with patients’ parents

    

Not at all confident

21 (32)

45 (68)

25.771

0.000

Very/Somewhat confident

283 (65)

155 (35)

Believe pediatricians can help patients’ parents to stop smoking

    

Agree/strongly agree

216 (77)

65 (23)

72.683

0.000

Disagree/strongly disagree

88 (40)

135 (60)

I am not familiar with the guidelines for stop smoking

    

Agree/strongly agree

181 (59)

128 (41)

1.012

0.314

Disagree/strongly disagree

123 (63)

72 (37)

Smoking cessation counseling for my patients’ parents is not an efficient use of my time

    

Agree/strongly agree

146 (57)

110 (43)

2.347

0.126

Disagree/strongly disagree

158 (64)

90 (36)

I am unaware of the best strategies for helping my patients’ parents to stop smoking

    

Agree/strongly agree

194 (62)

119 (38)

0.955

0.329

Disagree/strongly disagree

110 (58)

81 (42)

Advise patients who smoke to avoid smoking around children

    

Agree/strongly agree

298 (64)

171 (36)

29.291

0.000

Disagree/strongly disagree

6 (17)

29 (83)

Health professionals should routinely ask about their patients smoking habits

    

Agree/strongly agree

275 (65)

150 (35)

21.816

0.000

Disagree/strongly disagree

29 (37)

50 (63)

Heath professionals should routinely advise their smoking patients to quit smoking

    

Agree/strongly agree

275 (69)

123 (31)

60.920

0.000

Disagree/strongly disagree

29 (27)

77 (73)

My current knowledge is sufficient for helping patients to stop smoking

    

Agree/strongly agree

70 (81)

17 (19)

17.823

0.000

Disagree/strongly disagree

234 (56)

183 (44)

I can assess a smoker’s different stages of readiness to quit

    

Agree/strongly agree

61 (75)

21 (25)

8.103

0.004

Disagree/strongly disagree

243 (58)

179 (42)