Table 1.
Characteristics of study participants
| Characteristic | Number (%)a |
|---|---|
| Gender | |
| Male | 269 (74.1) |
| Female | 89 (24.5) |
| Age category | |
| < 36 | 12 (3.3) |
| 36–40 | 46 (12.7) |
| 41–45 | 62 (17.1) |
| 46–50 | 71 (19.6) |
| > 50 | 171 (47.1) |
| Provider category | |
| Attending physician | 360 (99.2) |
| Nurse practitioner | 2 (0.6) |
| PharmD | 1 (0.3) |
| Type of practice | |
| Primarily adult HIV | 199 (54.8) |
| Adult HIV and infectious diseases | 136 (37.5) |
| Pediatric HIV ± infectious diseases | 8 (2.2) |
| Other or unspecifiedb | 20 (5.5) |
| Care setting | |
| Private office | 111 (30.6) |
| Teaching hospital clinic | 182 (50.1) |
| Other clinic setting | 61 (16.8) |
| Public health or correctional facility | 5 (1.4) |
| Other or unspecifiedc | 4 (1.1) |
| Number of years caring for persons with HIV | |
| < 6 | 21 (5.8) |
| 6–10 | 67 (18.5) |
| 11–15 | 45 (12.4) |
| 16–20 | 69 (19.0) |
| > 20 | 159 (43.8) |
| Ever received formal training or clinical education on tobacco treatment and counseling methods | |
| Yes | 83 (22.9) |
| No | 266 (73.3) |
| Don’t know/not sure | 12 (3.3) |
| Ever smoked cigarettesd | |
| Yes | 65 (17.9) |
| No | 292 (80.4) |
| Don’t know/not sure | 2 (0.6) |
| Current smoker | |
| Yes | 10 (2.8) |
| No | 349 (96.1) |
| Interested in attending a brief smoking cessation training session | |
| Yes | 106 (29.2) |
| No | 146 (40.2) |
| Maybe | 106 (29.2) |
a
Responses do not necessarily total to 363 (100%) because of missing data items
b
Includes dermatology (1), inpatient care only (2), obstetrics/gynecology (1), internal medicine/family practice (3), travel medicine (1), and unspecified (12)
c
Inpatient care (2), unspecified (2)
d
More than 100 cigarettes in subject’s lifetime