Table 5.
The relationship between having received training on and feeling competent about providing SCCa, April–October 2019
| With training n (%) | Without training n (%) | Overall n (%) | p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonologists providing SCC in the dedicated SCC outpatient clinic services | ‘Do you feel competent in providing SCC in your dedicated SCC outpatient clinic?’ | ||||
| Definitely yes | 96 (65.7) | 22 (41.5) | 118 (59.3) | 0.002 | |
| Partially | 49 (33.6) | 28 (52.8) | 77 (38.7) | ||
| Definitely no | - | 3 (5.7) | 3 (1.5) | ||
| No answer | 1 (0.7) | - | 1 (0.5) | ||
| Total | 146 (100) | 53 (100) | 199 (100) | ||
| Pulmonologists providing SCC while routinely practicing in the chest diseases outpatient clinic services | ‘Do you feel competent in providing SCC to your patients who request smoking cessation support, while routinely practicing in your chest diseases outpatient clinic?’ | ||||
| Definitely yes | 19 (38.8)* | 15 (11.9)* | 34 (19.4) | <0.001 | |
| Partially yes | 29 (59.2) | 77 (61.1) | 106 (60.6) | ||
| Definitely no | 1 (3.0) | 32 (25.4) | 33 (20.0) | ||
| No answer | - | 2 (1.6) | 2 (1.1) | ||
| Total | 49 (100) | 126 (100) | 175 (100) |
a
Among the responders of the self-administered online questionnaire-based survey.
SCC: smoking cessation care.
*
Mann-Whitney U test.