Table 4 Associations between practitioner confidence advising patients regarding electronic cigarettes and demographic and smoking-related variables
Variable | Confident advising patients regarding e-cigarettes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Agree n (%) | Neutral n (%) | Disagree n (%) | p-value | ||
Agea | 0.651 | ||||
18-29 years | 0 (0) | 1 (2.6) | 2 (3.0) | ||
30-49 years | 16 (57.1) | 26 (66.7) | 41 (62.1) | ||
50-69 years | 12 (42.9) | 10 (25.6) | 41 (62.1) | ||
70 years and above | 0 (0) | 2 (5.1) | 1 (1.5) | ||
Gendera | 0.012* | ||||
Male | 17 (60.7) | 13 (33.3) | 19 (28.8) | ||
Female | 11 (39.3) | 26 (66.7) | 47 (71.2) | ||
Employment specialitya | 0.030* | ||||
Nursing | 5 (17.9) | 12 (30.8) | 33 (50.0) | ||
Respiratory | 10 (35.7) | 9 (23.1) | 12 (18.2) | ||
Clinical Oncology | 9 (32.1) | 7 (17.9) | 7 (10.6) | ||
Medical Oncology | 1 (3.6) | 5 (12.8) | 5 (7.6) | ||
Surgery | 3 (10.7) | 2 (5.1) | 4 (6.1) | ||
Other | 0 (0) | 4 (10.3) | 5 (7.6) | ||
Smoking statusa | 0.969 | ||||
Never | 8 (28.6) | 11 (28.2) | 20 (30.3) | ||
Ever | 20 (71.4) | 28 (71.8) | 46 (69.7) | ||
E-cigarette statusa | 0.633 | ||||
Never | 3 (10.7) | 3 (7.7) | 4 (6.1) | ||
Ever | 25 (89.3) | 36 (92.3) | 62 (93.9) | ||