Factors associated with implementation of the 5A’s smoking cessation model

Table 2 Characteristics of the sample by independent variables

	Overall		Doctors		Registered nurses		Nursing Assistants		Others		p
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	p
Overall	580	100	43	7.4	345	59.5	131	22.6	61	10.5	<0.001
Sex
Men	107	18.5	23	54.8	43	12.5	20	15.3	21	34.4	<0.001
Women	471	81.5	19	45.2	301	87.5	111	84.7	40	65.6	<0.001
Age^a
< 40 years/old	291	54.0	23	54.8	199	62.2	38	32.2	31	52.5	<0.001
≥ 40 years/old	248	46.0	19	45.2	121	37.8	80	67.8	28	47.5	<0.001
Working experience
< 14 years	271	50.3	24	55.8	168	51.7	52	44.8	27	49.1	0.533
≥ 14 years	268	49.7	19	44.2	157	48.3	64	55.2	28	50.9	0.533
Smoking
Smokers	137	23.6	5	11.6	72	20.9	40	30.5	20	32.8	<0.001
Former smokers	177	30.5	15	34.9	90	26.1	51	39.9	21	34.4
Never smokers	266	45.9	23	53.5	183	53.0	40	30.5	20	32.8
Health care organization
Hospital	488	84.1	34	79.1	299	86.7	113	86.3	42	68.9	0.004
Other health care organizations	92	15.9	9	20.9	46	13.3	18	13.7	19	31.1	0.004
Previous Training
No	111	19.1	6	14.0	85	24.6	13	9.9	7	11.5	0.001
Yes	469	80.9	37	86.0	260	75.4	118	90.1	54	88.5	0.001

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