Table 2.
Frequency distribution of responses to selected questionnaire items
| Questionnaire item | Strongly disagree (%) | Somewhat disagree (%) | Neither agree nor disagree (%) | Somewhat agree (%) | Strongly agree (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cigarette smoking is one of the major health issues facing the HIV-infected population of this country. | 0.3 | 5.0 | 15.9 | 41.6 | 37.2 |
| I believe that smoking cessation is important for the health of my HIV-infected patients who smoke. | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 21.4 | 75.6 |
| I do not have enough time to adequately address cigarette smoking with my HIV-infected patients. | 18.3 | 28.1 | 17.8 | 30.3 | 5.6 |
| My efforts to get HIV-infected smokers to quit are unlikely to succeed. | 15.2 | 38.5 | 21.3 | 22.7 | 2.2 |
| When I discuss smoking with my HIV-infected patients, I use the “5 A’s” as a guide. | 42.2 | 17.3 | 32.4 | 5.8 | 2.3 |
| I frequently give smoking cessation brochures to my HIV-infected patients who smoke. | 24.6 | 27.1 | 17.9 | 22.9 | 7.5 |
| I frequently advise HIV-infected smokers to call a quitline. | 19.4 | 16.3 | 21.6 | 21.1 | 21.6 |
| I prescribe nicotine replacement therapy frequently. | 7.3 | 18.5 | 28.3 | 30.3 | 15.7 |
| I prescribe Zyban (Wellbutrin, bupropion) frequently for smoking cessation purposes. | 13.6 | 25.1 | 24.0 | 30.4 | 7.0 |
| I prescribe Chantix (varenicline) frequently. | 18.1 | 17.5 | 22.6 | 28.1 | 13.6 |