Research Article
Perception of Tobacco Counseling and Cessation among Dental Practitioners
Table 1
General characteristics of dentists of the study sample.
| Variables | Total no. of dentists () 100% |
| ` | | 34.20 (9.38) | Age categories (years, %) | <30 | 41.5% | 30-39 | 28.9% | 40-49 | 21.2% | 50-60 | 8.4% | Gender (%) | Male | 42.4% | Female | 57.6% | Position (%) | GP | 43.1% | Specialist | 56.9% | Degree (%) | BDS | 43.7% | Master | 20.1% | PhD | 36.3% | Setting (%) | Outpatient | 19.4% | Hospital | 60.9% | Academic | 19.7% | Current smoking (%) | Yes | 23.8% | Working hours/day (mean (SD)) | | 8.73 (2.15) | Number of patients seen/day (mean (SD)) | | 8.27 (5.91) | Formal training on TCC (%) | Yes | 13.2% |
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