Research Article
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 | | | | |
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