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Table 1 Demographic and other characteristics of survey sample, Guangxi, China 2013 (n = 504)

From: Are Chinese pediatricians missing the opportunity to help parents quit smoking?

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

  1. Notes: Due to the missing values in some variables, the total number may not equal to the same
  2. 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
  3. bIn China, the length of medical education is for 5 years or 6-8 years, depending on the University one attends