Table 3.
Final year medical students' clinical practices towards tobacco smoking habits among their patients during their clinical rotations or clerkships according to their smoking status
| Ever smoker | Current smoker | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Often (%) | Always (%) | Often (%) | Always (%) | ||
| 1 | Ask about history of smoking? ¶ | 67 (22.9) | 179 (61.3) | 19 (16.8%) | 71 (62.85) |
| 2 | Ask about duration of smoking? | 80 (27.4) | 158 (54.1)* | 25 (221.1) | 62 (54.9)* |
| 3 | Ask about number of cigarettes/beedies smoked per day? ¶ | 61 (21.0) | 165 (56.9) | 19 (17.0) | 69 (61.6) |
| 4 | Informed or advised patients about health effects of smoking? ¶ | 59 (20.3) | 58 (20.0) | 21 (18.8) | 26 (23.2) |
| 5 | Counseled my patients who are smokers during clinical postings? | 54 (18.6) | 33 (11.4) | 27 (23.9) | 15 (13.3) |
| 6 | Assessed the willingness of the patient to quit smoking? | 48 (16.5) | 26 (8.9) | 20 (17.7) | 14 (12.4) |
| 7 | Assisted the patient to make a plan to quit smoking? | 32 (11.0) | 25 (8.6) | 17 (15.0) | 14 (12.4) |
| 8 | Informed patients about effects of passive smoking? | 69 (23.7) | 33 (11.3)** | 27 (23.9) | 20 (17.7) |
*p < 0.05, **p < 0.001, ¶ these were statistically significant according to gender
Differences between the countries were significant for all the items p < 0.001