Table 1 Comparison of demographics and smoking characteristics between adopters and non-adopters

Demographics

Gender female (%)

84 (98.8)

36 (97.3)

48 (100)

.435^a

Mean age in years (SD)

45.5 (11.6)

48.3 (11.1)

43.2 (11.7)

-2.041

.044

Occupation (%)

.521^a

 • PN/Nurse specialist

74 (87.1)

31 (83.8)

43 (89.6)

 • Other^b

11 (12.9)

6 (16.2)

5 (10.4)

Mean years active in occupation (SD)

10.05 (6.4)

11.7 (7.3)

8.8 (5.4)

-2.120

.037

Smoking behavior (%)

 • smoker

3 (3.5)

1 (2.7)

2 (4.2)

-

 • ex-smoker

27 (31.8)

17 (45.9)

10 (20.8)

.014

 • non-smoker

55 (64.7)

19 (51.4)

36 (75.0)

.024

Work environment

Type of general practice (%)

.167

 • Solo practice

20 (23.5)

12 (32.4)

8 (16.7)

 • Group practice

40 (47.1)

17 (45.9)

23 (47.9)

 • Other^c

25 (29.4)

8 (21.6)

17 (35.4)

Mean years active in practice (SD)

9.68 (7.8)

10.8 (6.8)

8.8 (8.4)

-1.179

.242

Mean working hours per week (SD)

25.40 (7.1)

27.4 (6.7)

23.8 (7.1)

-2.370

.020

Mean number of patients in practice (SD)

5382.54 (2944.1)

5250.0 (3196.8)

5491.5 (2751.1)

0.368

.714

Mean number of smokers per practice who in general receive brief/short smoking cessation advice per month (SD)

10.94 (8.4)

11.6 (10.1)

10.4 (6.8)

-0.667

.507

Mean number of smokers per practice who receive smoking cessation counseling per month (SD)^d

4.15 (3.7)

4.9 (5.1)

3.6 (2.1)

-1.619

.109