Perception of Tobacco Counseling and Cessation among Dental Practitioners

Table 3

Logistic regression analysis of factors associated with dentists’ knowledge, attitude, belief, and practices related to TCC.

	Knowledge		Attitude		Belief		Practice
	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
GP			0.32	0.19-0.54
Male			0.49	0.27-0.89
Current smoker							4.60	1.80-11.78
Gender smoking							0.29	0.09-0.96
No. of patients seen/day					0.89	0.42-0.96
Knowledge (<median)					2.65	1.59-4.40	1.72	1.07-2.79
Attitude (<median)					7.69	4.53-13.05	3.70	2.22-6.15
Belief (<median)			7.77	4.58-13.19

(significant).