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. 2016 May 17;17:55. doi: 10.1186/s12931-016-0367-y

Table 4.

Associations between practitioner confidence advising patients regarding electronic cigarettes and demographic and smoking-related variables

Variable Confident advising patients regarding e-cigarettes
Agree n (%) Neutral n (%) Disagree n (%) p-value
Agea 0.651
18-29 years 0 (0) 1 (2.6) 2 (3.0)
30-49 years 16 (57.1) 26 (66.7) 41 (62.1)
50-69 years 12 (42.9) 10 (25.6) 41 (62.1)
70 years and above 0 (0) 2 (5.1) 1 (1.5)
Gendera 0.012*
Male 17 (60.7) 13 (33.3) 19 (28.8)
Female 11 (39.3) 26 (66.7) 47 (71.2)
Employment specialitya 0.030*
Nursing 5 (17.9) 12 (30.8) 33 (50.0)
Respiratory 10 (35.7) 9 (23.1) 12 (18.2)
Clinical Oncology 9 (32.1) 7 (17.9) 7 (10.6)
Medical Oncology 1 (3.6) 5 (12.8) 5 (7.6)
Surgery 3 (10.7) 2 (5.1) 4 (6.1)
Other 0 (0) 4 (10.3) 5 (7.6)
Smoking statusa 0.969
Never 8 (28.6) 11 (28.2) 20 (30.3)
Ever 20 (71.4) 28 (71.8) 46 (69.7)
E-cigarette statusa 0.633
Never 3 (10.7) 3 (7.7) 4 (6.1)
Ever 25 (89.3) 36 (92.3) 62 (93.9)

aFigures do not equate to 141 due to some missing data, * p < 0.05