Table 2 Characteristics of the participants and their general practice at baseline (N = 105)a
Variable | Category | n (%) / mean (SD) |
|---|---|---|
Age | 45.3 (9.2) | |
Gender | Male | 19 (18.1) |
Female | 86 (81.9) | |
Profession | General practitioner | 63 (60.0) |
Practice nurse | 36 (34.3) | |
Doctor’s assistant | 6 (5.7) | |
Smoking status | Smoker | 2 (1.9) |
Non-smoker | 103 (98.1) | |
Type of practice | Solo practice | 17 (16.2) |
Duo practice | 37 (35.2) | |
Group practice | 51 (48.6) | |
Socioeconomic position of patients | Mostly low | 6 (5.7) |
Mostly middle | 36 (34.3) | |
Mostly high | 4 (3.8) | |
Mixed | 52 (49.5) | |
Don’t know | 7 (6.7) | |
Received training in smoking cessation care | Yes | 59 (56.2) |
No | 46 (43.8) | |
Uses smoking cessation guideline with smokers | Never | 44 (41.9) |
Sometimes | 33 (31.4) | |
Often | 19 (18.1) | |
(Almost) always | 9 (8.6) | |
Attention in practice for smoking cessation | Almost no attention | 3 (2.9) |
Some attention | 58 (55.2) | |
A lot of attention | 44 (41.9) | |
Type of smoking cessation counselling offered within practice (multiple answers possible) | Individual counselling | 104 (99.0) |
Group counselling | 16 (15.2) | |
Telephone counselling | 100 (95.2) | |
Number of referral options for smoking cessation counsellingb | 2.0 (1.2) | |
Would appreciate additional referral option outside practice for smoking cessation counselling | Yes | 81 (77.1) |
No | 24 (22.9) | |
Smoking cessation care negatively influenced by COVID-19c | Yes | 42 (40.0) |
No | 63 (60.0) |