Table 1 Demographic Information (N = 25)
From: Arab male physicians’ perceptions about their own smoking behaviors: a qualitative study
Variable | Participants %(N) a |
|---|---|
Gender, male | 100 (25) |
Age, years – mean (std) | 36 (10.28) |
Work setting | |
Hospital | 60 (14) |
Community | 20 (7) |
Hospital and community | 20 (4) |
Field of expertise | |
Family Medicine | 20 (5) |
Rehabilitation | 4 (1) |
Internal Medicine | 28 (7) |
Surgery | 16 (4) |
Diabetes and endocrinology | 12 (3) |
Geriatrics | 8 (2) |
Neurology | 8 (2) |
Hospice | 4 (1) |
Marital status | |
Married | 56 (14) |
Single | 40 (10) |
Engaged | 4 (1) |
Smoking Type | |
Cigarettes | 72 (18) |
Nargila | 28 (7) |
E-cigarettes | 0 (0) |
Age of smoking initiation | |
16–27 years | 64 (16) |
≥28 years | 36(9) |
Smoking duration, years – mean (std) | 8 (5.74) |
Smoking initiation time | |
Before starting medical school | 56 (14) |
During medical school studies | 44 (11) |
Attempted to quit smoking | 48 (12) |