Table 4.
Background characteristics of the participants.
| In-Depth Interview category (N = 34) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | Medical officer (n = 6) | Program Officer (n = 6) | Counselor (n = 6) | Nurse (n = 5) | Public Health Experts (n = 6) | Tobacco user (n = 5) | |||||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| Gender | Female | 2 | 33.3 | 3 | 50 | 5 | 83.3 | 4 | 80 | 2 | 33.3 | - | |
| Male | 4 | 66.6 | 3 | 50 | 1 | 16.7 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 66.6 | 5 | 100 | |
| Age (years) | Mean ± SD | 34.8 ± 2.4 | 50.7 ± 10.3 | 32.8 ± 4.9 | 37.5 ± 5.1 | 40.5 ± 12.6 | 44.4 ± 7.3 | ||||||
| Median (IQR) | 34.5 (33.2–37.2) | 55.0 (50.0–57.0) | 1.0 (28.7–38.5) | 39.0 (32.2–41.2) | 36.5 (32.0–47.0) | 42.0 (39.5–50.5) | |||||||
| Years of service at the current position (for HCPs only) #Duration of tobacco use (for users only) | Mean ± SD | 5.0 ± 1.7 | 4.1 ± 1.8 | 4.3 ± 1.9 | 4.7 ± 3.2 | 8.5 ± 7.5 | #14.6 ± 7.3 | ||||||
| Median (IQR) | 4.5 (3.7–6.5) | 5.0 (3.0–6.0) | 5.0 (2.5–6.0) | 4.5 (2.0–7.7) | 4.5 (3.0–17.0) | #17.0 (7.0–21.0) | |||||||