Table 3.
Staff level of comfort in discussing smoking and prevention with patients, families, and co-workers, stratified by gender, age, job type, and smoking status*
| Variable |
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How comfortable do you feel asking patients or their families about their smoking tobacco?
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How comfortable are you educating patients or their families about the health risks associated with their tobacco smoking?
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How comfortable do you feel talking to co-workers about the health risks associated with their tobacco smoking?
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Very % | AOR (95% CI) | p | Very % | AOR (95% CI) | p | Very % | AOR (95% CI) | p | |
| Overall | 41.4 | - | - | 25.8 | - | - | 19.5 | - | - | |
| Gender | ||||||||||
| Female | 1942 | 40.4 | 0.72 (0.56–0.92) | 0.0073 | 25.1 | 0.83 (0.64–1.08) | 0.1630 | 18.5 | 0.71 (0.54–0.93) | 0.0141 |
| Male (Ref.) | 374 | 46.9 | 1 | 29.7 | 1 | 24.9 | 1 | |||
| Age (years) | ||||||||||
| 18–35 | 960 | 37.7 | 0.74 (0.59–0.92) | 0.0012 | 19.5 | 0.47 (0.37–0.60) | <0.0001 | 16.9 | 0.72 (0.56–0.94) | 0.0767 |
| 36–45 | 686 | 45.4 | 1.01 (0.80–1.27) | 0.1085 | 29.1 | 0.83 (0.65–1.05) | 0.0851 | 19.7 | 0.79 (0.60–1.03) | 0.5246 |
| ≥46 (Ref.) | 685 | 42.4 | 1 | 31.3 | 1 | 23.1 | 1 | |||
| Job type | ||||||||||
| Clinical | 1259 | 52.2 | 2.81 (2.34–3.39) | <0.0001 | 31.3 | 1.99 (1.61–2.45) | <0.0001 | 19.3 | 1.03 (0.83–1.29) | 0.7634 |
| Non-clinical (Ref.) | 927 | 28.7 | 1 | 19.7 | 1 | 20.0 | 1 | |||
| Smoking status | ||||||||||
| Never smoker | 1949 | 40.7 | 0.89 (0.69–1.14) | 0.5565 | 25.1 | 0.88 (0.67–1.15) | 0.6074 | 17.8 | 0.60 (0.45–0.78) | 0.0009 |
| Ever or current smoker (Ref.) | 362 | 45.1 | 1 | 29.9 | 1 | 28.3 | 1 | |||
*
The results have been adjusted for all other covariates. For example, when assessing the effect of gender, the model adjusted for age, job type, and smoking status.