Table 2.
Physicians’ confidence in tobacco-related skills with parents of child patients, overall and by tobacco-related medical education: Study conducted across all provinces in Canada in 2003.
| PROPORTION OF PHYSICIANS VERY CONFIDENT |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOBACCO-RELATED MEDICAL EDUCATION |
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| TOBACCO-RELATED SKILLS | OVERALL (N = 900) | CME (N = 279) | DURING MEDICAL TRAINING (N = 223) | NONE (N = 398) | CME vs DURING MEDICAL TRAINING, OR (95% CI)* | DURING MEDICAL TRAINING vs NONE, OR (95% CI)* |
| Advise on effects of smoking | 80.1 | 91.6 | 82.1 | 71.9 | 2.22 (1.27–3.88)† | 1.78 (1.17–2.69)† |
| Advise on effects of SHS on children | 76.5 | 81.3 | 75.7 | 73.6 | 1.38 (0.88–2.18) | 1.49 (1.01–2.18)† |
| Advise on the use of nicotine replacement therapy or bupropion | 47.1 | 70.7 | 52.8 | 26.2 | 2.49 (1.38–4.48)† | 1.92 (1.19–3.09)† |
| Advise on behavioural strategies | 30.4 | 48.2 | 31.8 | 16.9 | 1.75 (1.16–2.67)† | 1.11 (0.70–1.76) |
| Refer to community resources | 21.7 | 32.8 | 19.0 | 15.1 | 1.84 (1.19–2.86)† | 0.99 (0.61–1.60) |
| Follow up on quit progress | 31.3 | 46.9 | 34.1 | 18.1 | 1.47 (1.01–2.17)† | 2.33 (1.58–3.43)† |
CI—confidence interval, CME—continuing medical education, OR—odds ratio, SHS—second-hand smoke.
*
Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel OR and 95% CI controlled for involvement in tobacco control and physician specialty.
†
Statistically significant, P < .05