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. 2020 Nov 19;10(11):e037637. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-037637

Table 3.

Results of full binary logistic regression model exploring all factors relating to capability, opportunity and motivation to recommend e-cigarettes to patients with cancer

95% CI for OR
B Wald (df=1) P value Lower OR Upper
Capability
 Know status 0.758 3.320 0.068 0.944 2.134 4.821
 General smoking knowledge −0.440 3.866 0.049 1.010 1.563 2.439
 E-cig knowledge 0.495 4.878 0.027 1.057 1.641 2.546
Opportunity
 Time 0.083 0.237 0.626 0.778 1.087 1.517
 Patient relationships −0.092 0.128 0.720 0.551 0.912 1.510
 Social norms −0.047 0.028 0.867 0.549 0.954 1.658
Motivation
 Engagement with patients who smoke 0.752 5.308 0.021 1.119 2.122 4.025
 Effectiveness in helping cancer pts 0.858 19.09 0.000 1.605 2.359 3.466
 Importance of HP role 0.259 0.834 0.361 0.743 1.295 2.257
 Sufficient evidence −0.745 4.963 0.026 1.099 2.083 4.000
 Attitudes 0.370 1.038 0.308 0.711 1.447 2.947
 Harm 0.023 0.006 0.941 0.556 1.023 1.885
 Better than smoking −0.009 0.001 0.972 0.593 0.991 1.655
 Comfortable discussing smoking in general −0.402 2.180 0.140 0.392 0.669 1.141
 Comfortable discussing e-cigs 0.448 4.594 0.032 1.039 1.565 2.356
Health professional (HP) type
5.385 0.250
 GP 0.276 0.256 0.613 0.453 1.318 3.839
 Practice nurse 0.281 0.294 0.588 0.479 1.324 3.659
 Cancer surgeon −0.805 1.791 0.181 0.138 0.447 1.453
 Oncologist −0.391 0.514 0.473 0.232 0.676 1.971
 Constant −11.416 20.331 0.000 0.000

Reference categories—for HP type=cancer nurse specialist, for sufficient evidence=yes, 2.08, 95% CI 1.10 to 4.00.

GP, general practitioner.