Table 1.
Demographic and other characteristics of survey sample, Guangxi, China 2013 (n = 504)
| Variables | N | % |
|---|---|---|
| Demographic and work environment characteristics | ||
| Gender | ||
| Male | 182 | 36 |
| Female | 322 | 64 |
| Age | ||
| 20-30 | 215 | 43 |
| 31-40 | 159 | 31 |
| 41-50 | 89 | 18 |
| Above 50 | 41 | 8 |
| Physician type a | ||
| Resident Physician | 223 | 45 |
| Attending Physician | 151 | 30 |
| Chief or Associate Chief Physician | 130 | 25 |
| Number of years studied at medical school b | ||
| 5 Years | 388 | 77 |
| More than 5 years | 116 | 23 |
| Tobacco use related characteristics | ||
| Smoking status | ||
| Current smokers | 82 | 17 |
| Non-smokers | 400 | 83 |
| Heard about e-cigarettes | ||
| No | 178 | 35 |
| Yes | 326 | 65 |
| Heard about third hand smoke | ||
| No | 342 | 68 |
| Yes | 162 | 32 |
| Received cigarettes as gift or gave cigarettes as gifts to others | ||
| No | 423 | 84 |
| Yes | 81 | 16 |
| Hospital policy characteristics | ||
| Have smoke-free policy in the hospital | ||
| No policy | 8 | 2 |
| Have policy | 496 | 98 |
| Hospital have any policy to advise smokers to quit | ||
| No | 219 | 43 |
| Yes | 285 | 57 |
| Training and work attitudes | ||
| Received formal training in smoking cessation | ||
| No | 399 | 81 |
| Yes | 96 | 19 |
| Have read China smoking cessation guidelines | ||
| No/never heard | 427 | 85 |
| Yes | 77 | 15 |
| Have read international (i.e. US, UK) smoking cessation guidelines | ||
| No/never heard | 468 | 93 |
| Yes | 36 | 7 |
| Believe that it is pediatricians professional responsibility to discuss smoking cessation | ||
| No | 275 | 55 |
| Yes | 229 | 45 |
| Level of confidence discussing smoking cessation or SHS exposure reduction with patients’ parents | ||
| Not at all confident | 66 | 13 |
| Somewhat confident | 316 | 63 |
| Very confident | 122 | 24 |
| Beliefs regarding effectiveness of physician counseling for smoking cessation | ||
| Disagree/strongly disagree | 200 | 40 |
| Agree/strongly agree | 304 | 60 |
| Beliefs regarding effectiveness of pharmacological treatment for smoking cessation | ||
| Disagree/strongly disagree | 238 | 47 |
| Agree/strongly agree | 266 | 53 |
| Appropriate knowledge about health risk of smoking | ||
| No | 267 | 53 |
| Yes | 237 | 47 |
| Appropriate knowledge about health risk of secondhand smoking | ||
| No | 284 | 56 |
| Yes | 220 | 44 |
| Followed any of the 5As | ||
| Always or often | 131 | 26 |
| Otherwise | 373 | 74 |
Notes: Due to the missing values in some variables, the total number may not equal to the same
aResident physicians are medical graduates who works in the department of pediatrics under the supervision of fully licensed physicians (i.e. Attending or Chief Physicians). Attending physicians has completed residency and practices medicine in the hospital, who can also supervise resident physician. Chief or Associate Chief Physicians are the most senior physician with management responsibility
bIn China, the length of medical education is for 5 years or 6-8 years, depending on the University one attends