Physician evaluation of smoking status
| Assessment of smoking status | Medical school faculty | Residents | Community physicians | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| n = 44 | n = 24 | n = 95 | n = 60 | n = 97 | n = 127 | |
| *p<0.05 for distribution of characteristics between males and females. | ||||||
| Do you ask patients whether they smoke? | ||||||
| Never | 18.2 | 8.7 | 6.5 | 8.5 | 4.1 | 3.2 |
| Occasionally | 50.0 | 56.5 | 50.5 | 64.4 | 69.1 | 81.0 |
| Almost always | 22.7 | 17.4 | 29.0 | 20.3 | 18.6 | 14.3 |
| Always | 9.1 | 17.4 | 14.0 | 6.8 | 8.2 | 1.6 |
| What kinds of patients do you ask about their smoking status? | ||||||
| Only smokers | 26.3 | 33.3 | 29.8 | 28.1 | 29.2 | 37.6 |
| Patients with respiratory problems | 84.2 | 90.5 | 68.1 | 75.4 | 85.4 | 89.6 |
| Patients with heart problem | 73.7 | 85.7 | 61.7* | 77.2 | 77.1 | 80.8 |
| Patients with cancer | 47.4 | 61.9 | 36.2* | 57.9 | 43.8 | 43.2 |
| Patients with oral problems | 18.4* | 42.9 | 22.3 | 31.6 | 30.2* | 44.0 |
| Patients with diabetes | 23.7 | 38.1 | 23.4 | 31.6 | 24.0* | 36.0 |
| Patients with pregnant wife/children | 31.6 | 57.1 | 28.7* | 59.6 | 38.5 | 48.8 |
| All patients | 7.9 | 9.5 | 21.3 | 10.5 | 5.2 | 4.0 |