Table 3 Attitudes of students regarding the role of physicians in combating smoking and the sufficiency of their knowledge regarding antismoking activities, Cairo University, academic year 2014–2015
Attitude | Strongly agree | Agree | Disagree | Strongly disagree | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
It is the responsibility of doctors to convince people to stop smoking. | 104 | 35.1 | 148 | 50.0 | 37 | 12.5 | 7 | 2.4 |
Most smokers can stop smoking if they want to. | 117 | 39.5 | 130 | 43.9 | 38 | 12.8 | 11 | 3.7 |
Doctors should set a good example by not smoking. | 181 | 61.1 | 97 | 32.8 | 12 | 4.1 | 6 | 2.0 |
Most smokers are not willing to stop smoking despite the physician’s advice. | 101 | 34.1 | 152 | 51.4 | 29 | 9.8 | 14 | 4.7 |
Doctors should go beyond the activity of diffusing knowledge about the hazards of smoking, if you agree. | 120 | 40.5 | 142 | 48.0 | 29 | 9.8 | 5 | 1.7 |
On every appropriate occasion, you should persuade your patient to quit smoking. | 88 | 29.7 | 185 | 62.5 | 19 | 6.4 | 4 | 1.4 |
Your present knowledge is sufficient to persuade patients to quit smoking. | 62 | 20.9 | 162 | 54.7 | 69 | 23.3 | 3 | 1.0 |
Health professionals should get specific training on how to help patients who want to stop smoking. | 149 | 50.3 | 129 | 43.6 | 13 | 4.4 | 5 | 1.7 |