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. 2010 Jul 29;10:444. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-444

Table 3.

Variables associated with the familiarity of SC Guideline in the multivariate analysis (logistic regression analysis)

Variable Unadjusted Adjusted*


OR (95% Cl) p-value OR (95% CI) p-value
Factors associated with the responding pharmacist
Specialization in asthma
 No 1.0 1.0
 Yes 2.3 (1.8-3.1) <0.001 2.1 (1.5-3.0) <0.001
Participation in education supporting
SC counselling
 No 1.0 1.0
 Yes 3.3 (2.4-4.7) <0.001 2.1 (1.5-3.1) <0.001
Perceives health care's support needed in SC
 Never 1.0 1.0
 Seldom 2.6 (1.2-5.7) 0.010 2.0 (0.9-5.0) 0.104
 Always or almost always 4.3 (1.9-9.4) 0.021 2.7 (1.2-6.6) 0.022
Perceives own personal skills and knowledge
adequate to support SC
 No 1.0 1.0
 No opinion 2.8 (1.5-5.2) 0.001 3.5 (1.6-7.4) 0.001
 Yes 5.0 (3.1-7.9) <0.001 3.8 (2.2-6.5) <0.001
Perceives customers value of NRT counseling
 Disagree 1.0 1.0
 No opinion 2.2 (1.0-4.7) 0.016 3.3(1.3-8.7) 0.016
 Agree 2.4 (1.2-4.5) 0.044 2.3 (1.0-5.4) 0.044
Smoked at least 100 cigarettes up to date
 No 1.0 1.0
 Yes 1.5 (1.1-1.9) 0.003 1.7 (1.2-2.3) 0.001

SC services available in the respondent's workplace
SC counseling supporting pocket card in use
 Never 1.0 1.0
 Sometimes 2.0 (1.5-2.6) <0.001 1.7 (1.3-2.4) 0.002
 Always 3.9 (2.8-5.5) <0.001 3.0 (2.0-4.4) <0.001
In-house guideline in NRT dispensing in use
 No 1.0 1.0
 Yes, oral 2.3 (1.7-3.1) <0.001 1.5 (1.0-2.1) 0.030
 Yes, written 2.4 (1.8-3.3) <0.001 1.8 (1.3-2.6) 0.001
Participation in local multidisciplinary
SC actions
 No 1.0 1.0
 Yes 3.5 (2.5-4.8) <0.001 2.4 (1.6-3.5) <0.001

* Adjusted for all the variables shown in the table. Logistic regression analysis: R2 = 0.264 (Nagelkerke) and Goodness-of-fit test (Hosmer-Lemeshow): 1,312; p = 0.995. CI = Confidence Interval