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. 2002 Jun;92(6):997–1001. doi: 10.2105/ajph.92.6.997

TABLE 1.

—Bivariate Relationships Between Critical Variables in This Study

	Percentage of Patients Asked About Tobacco Use			Frequency of Advice to Smokers to Quit			Average Time Counseling Patients Regarding Tobacco Cessation			Counseled Patients Regarding Tobacco Cessation			Decade of Graduation from Dental School			Perceived Success n Helping atients Quit			More Than More Than40% of Patients Asked About Tobacco Use
	Correlation	P	No.	Correlation	P	No.	Correlation	P	No.	Correlation	P	No.	Correlation	P	No.	Correlation	P	No.	Correlation	P	No.
Percentage of patients asked about tobacco use	…			0.591	.000	68	0.457	.000	67	…			…^a			0.395	.003	54	…
Frequency of advice to smokers to quit	0.591	.000	68	…			0.400	.001	67	0.412	.001	67	…^a			0.550	.000	54	0.616	.000	68
Average time counseling patients regarding tobacco cessation	0.457	.000	67	0.400	.001	67	…			…			…^a			0.635	.000	54	0.435	.000	67
Decade of graduation from dental school	…^a			…^a			…^a			…^a			…			…^a			…^a
Perceived success in helping patients quit	0.395	.003	54	0.550	.000	54	0.635	.000	54	0.390	.004	54	…^a			…			0.399	.003	54
Discussion of the association of tobacco use with general health	0.304	.023	56	0.503	.000	56	…^a			…^a			…^a			0.365	.013	46	0.316	.018	56
Discussion of setting specific quit dates with patients interested in quitting	…^a			…^a			…^a			…^a			…^a			…^a			…^a
Discussion of specific strategies for quitting	…^a			…^a			0.508	.000	56	…^a			…^a			0.413	.004	47	…^a
Advice on nicotine gum	…^a			0.372	.005	55	0.402	.002	55	…^a			…^a			0.356	.014	47	…^a
Advice on the nicotine transdermal patch	…^a			0.318	.018	55	0.329	.014	55	…^a			…^a			…^a			…^a
Prescription of bupropion	…^a			…^a			0.316	.019	55	…^a			…^a			…^a			…^a
Referral of patients to cessation clinics or programs	0.329	.014	55	…^a			…^a			…			…^a			…^a			0.313	.020	55

Note. P values are 2-tailed.

^aNonsignificant.