Table 4 Factors associated with the belief that pharmacological products are effective for smoking cessation, Guangxi, China 2013

Total

266 (53)

238 (47)

Gender

Male

86 (47)

96 (53)

3.489

0.062

Female

180 (56)

142 (44)

Ages

20-30

107 (50)

108 (50)

3.756

0.289

31-40

93 (59)

66 (41)

41-50

43 (48)

46 (52)

Above 50

23 (56)

18 (44)

Physician type

Resident Physician

116 (52)

107 (48)

3.392

0.335

Attending Physician

84 (56)

67 (44)

Associate Chief Physician

49 (56)

39 (44)

Chief Physician

17 (41)

25 (59)

Number of years studied at medical school

1-5 Years

207 (53)

181 (47)

0.222

0.638

More than 5 years

59 (51)

57 (49)

Smoking status

Current smoker

42 (51)

40 (49)

0.251

0.616

Nonsmoker

217 (54)

183 (46)

Use other forms of tobacco

No

251 (52)

229 (48)

0.956

0.328

Yes

15 (63)

9 (37)

Heard about e-cigarettes

No

88 (49)

90 (51)

1.231

0.267

Yes

178 (55)

148 (45)

Exposed to SHS regularly

No

124 (50)

123 (50)

0.843

0.358

Yes

115 (55)

96 (45)

Received cigarettes as gift or gave cigarettes as gifts to others

No

225 (53)

198 (47)

0.181

0.671

Yes

41 (51)

40 (49)

Hospital have any policy to advise smokers to quit

No

106 (48)

113 (52)

2.976

0.085

Yes

160 (56)

125 (44)

Received formal training in smoking cessation

No

199 (50)

200 (50)

6.716

0.010

Yes

62 (65)

34 (35)

Have read China smoking cessation guidelines

No

172 (53)

150 (47)

11.538

0.003

Yes

51 (66)

26 (34)

Never heard about it

43 (41)

62 (59)

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

No

193 (54)

166 (46)

2.711

0.258

Yes

22 (61)

14 (39)

Never heard about it

51 (47)

58 (53)

Other international Guidelines are useful

No

3 (75)

1 (25)

3.972

0.137

Yes

20 (65)

11 (35)

Not sure

1 (20)

4 (80)

Believe about the professional responsibility to discuss smoking cessation

Pediatricians

115 (50)

114 (50)

6.821

0.078

Nurses

82 (51)

78 (49)

The parent’s primary care doctor

209 (55)

170 (45)

Others:

64 (43)

86 (57)

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

Not at all confident

25 (38)

41 (62)

6.764

0.009

Very/Somewhat confident

241 (55)

197 (45)

Believe pediatricians can help patients’ parents to stop smoking

Agree/strongly agree

188 (67)

93 (33)

50.849

0.000

Disagree/strongly disagree

78 (35)

145 (65)

I am not familiar with the guidelines for stop smoking

Agree/strongly agree

166 (54)

143 (46)

0.286

0.593

Disagree/strongly disagree

100 (51)

95 (49)

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

Agree/strongly agree

130 (51)

126 (49)

0.832

0.362

Disagree/strongly disagree

136 (55)

112 (45)

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

Agree/strongly agree

169 (54)

144 (46)

0.490

0.484

Disagree/strongly disagree

97 (50)

94 (50)

Advise patients who smoke to avoid smoking around children

Agree/strongly agree

258 (55)

211 (45)

13.510

0.000

Disagree/strongly disagree

8 (23)

27 (77)

Health professionals should routinely ask about their patients smoking habits

Agree/strongly agree

237 (59)

166 (41)

29.351

0.000

Disagree/strongly disagree

29 (29)

72 (71)

Heath professionals should routinely advise their smoking patients to quit smoking

Agree/strongly agree

241 (61)

157 (39)

45.900

0.000

Disagree/strongly disagree

25 (24)

81 (76)

My current knowledge is sufficient for helping patients to stop smoking

Agree/strongly agree

64 (74)

23 (26)

18.228

0.000

Disagree/strongly disagree

202 (48)

215 (52)

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

Agree/strongly agree

55 (67)

27 (33)

8.137

0.004

Disagree/strongly disagree

210 (50)

211 (50)