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Table 2 Prescribing intentions by socio-demographics at T1 and T2

From: Australian general practitioners’ knowledge, attitudes and prescribing intentions for e-cigarettes as a smoking cessation aid: a nationwide baseline and 12-month follow up survey

 

T1

T2

Since the recent changes have you recommended e-cigarettes to your patients?

Yes

N = 34 (14.1%)

No

N = 207 (85.9%)

Test Statistic

p-value

Yes

N = 20 (22.7%)

No

N = 68 (77.3%)

Test Statistic

p-value

Gender*#

        

Male

Female

n = 23 (25.8%)

n = 11 (7.2%)

n = 66 (74.2%)

n = 141 (92.8%)

χ2 = 16.036

df = 1

p = < 0.001

n = 14 (41.2%)

n = 6 (11.1%)

n = 20 (58.8%)

n = 48 (88.9%)

χ2 = 10.379 df = 1

p = 0.001

Age^#

        

20–29

30–39

40–49

50–59

60+

n = 5 (33.3%)

n = 11 (13.9%)

n = 7 (13.5%)

n = 2 (6.1%)

n = 4 (18.2%)

n = 10 (66.7%)

n = 68 (86.1%)

n = 45 (86.5%)

n = 31 (93.9%)

n = 18 (81.8%)

χ2 = 6.520 df = 4

p = 0.164

n = 0 (0.0%)

n = 5 (19.2%)

n = 8 (30.8%)

n = 3 (17.6%)

n = 4 (26.7%)

n = 4 (3.1%)

n = 21 (80.8%)

n = 18 (69.2%)

n = 14 (82.4%)

n = 11 (73.3%)

χ2 = 2.697 df = 4

p = 0.610

Years of Practice+−

        

0–10

11–20

21–30

30+

n = 22 (14.8%)

n = 8 (16.0%)

n = 0 (0.0%)

n = 4 (19.0%)

n = 127 (85.2%)

n = 42 (84.0%)

n = 20 (100.0%)

n = 17 (81.0%)

χ2 = 3.894 df = 3

p = 0.273

n = 9 (23.7%)

n = 6 (28.6%)

n = 0 (0.0%)

n = 4 (28.6%)

n = 29 (76.3%)

n = 15 (71.4%)

n = 13(100.0%)

n = 4 (71.4%)

χ2 = 4.596 df = 3

p = 0.204

Training*#

        

Australia

International

n = 28 (14.8%)

n = 6 (11.5%)

n = 161 (85.2%)

n = 46 (88.5%)

χ2 = 0.361 df = 1

p = 0.548

n = 16 (21.3%)

n = 4 (30.8%)

n = 59 (78.7%)

n = 9 (69.2%)

χ2 = 0.562 df = 1

p = 0.454

  1. *n = 23 (8.7%) of participants did not answer this question
  2. #n = 6 (6.4%) of participants did not answer this question (T2)
  3. ^n = 63 (23.9%) of participants did not answer this question
  4. +n = 24 (9.1%) of participants did not answer this question
  5. -n = 8 (8.5%) of participants did not answer this question (T2)