Health Professionals’ Role in Helping Patients Quit Tobacco Use: Attitudes among Iranian Dental Students
Table 2
Iranian dental students’ attitudes towards health professionals’ role in helping patients quit tobacco use, by the students’ current tobacco use status.
Current tobacco use status
Agree n (%)
No opinion or disagree n (%)
P†
Serving as role models for patients ()
Nonuser
233 (90.7)
24 (9.3)
0.001*
User
51 (76.1)
16 (23.9)
Routinely advising smoking patients to quit ()
Nonuser
221 (86.0)
36 (14.0)
<0.001*
User
40 (59.7)
27 (40.3)
Routinely advising patients who use other tobacco products to quit ()
Nonuser
219 (85.2)
38 (14.8)
0.008*
User
47 (71.2)
19 (28.8)
Having role in giving advice about smoking cessation to patients ()
Nonuser
231 (90.6)
24 (9.4)
<0.001*
User
48 (72.7)
18 (27.3)
Health professionals' advice can increase a patient's chances to quit smoking ()
Nonuser
201 (78.5)
55 (21.5)
0.673
User
51 (76.1)
16 (23.9)
Less likelihood of advising patients to stop smoking by cigarette smoking health professionals ()
Nonuser
191 (78.9)
51 (21.1)
0.022*
User
41 (65.1)
22 (34.9)
Less likelihood of advising patients to stop smoking by health professionals who use other tobacco products ()
Nonuser
195 (78.9)
52 (21.1)
0.057
User
44 (67.7)
21 (32.3)
values derived from test (*statistically significant). Using any kind of tobacco products at least once during the previous month was considered as current tobacco use.
