Table 1 Demographic and relevant characteristics of the PCPs
Characteristic | Total (N = 105) | |
|---|---|---|
N | % | |
Gender (N = 105) | ||
Males | 60 | 57.1 |
Females | 45 | 42.9 |
Specialty (N = 103)a | ||
Family Medicine | 65 | 63.1 |
Internal Medicine | 9 | 8.8 |
General Practitioners | 28 | 27.1 |
Emergency medicine | 1 | 1.0 |
Work experience (years) (N = 105) | ||
Less than 5 years | 17 | 16.2 |
5–10 years | 12 | 11.4 |
11–15 years | 17 | 16.2 |
More than 15 years | 45 | 42.9 |
Resident | 14 | 13.3 |
Place of workb | ||
Academic Institution | 52 | 49.5 |
Private Practice | 62 | 59.0 |
Managed Care Organization | 27 | 25.7 |
Country of worka (N = 104) | ||
Lebanon | 102 | 98.1 |
Bahrain | 1 | 1.0 |
UAE | 1 | 1.0 |
Received/participated in training program for smoking cessationa (N = 95) | ||
Yes | 33 | 34.7 |
No | 62 | 65.2 |
Presence of smoking cessation programcessationprogram at the work of place* | 57 | 54.3 |
Smoking statusa (N = 104) | ||
Smoker | 15 | 14.4 |
Cigarettes | 9 | 60 |
Waterpipe | 5 | 33.3 |
Cigar | 1 | 6.7 |
Non-smoker | 86 | 82.7 |
Ex-smoker | 3 | 2.9 |
Cigarettes | 3 | 100 |