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Table 5 Effect of specificity and enactment of GPs’ plan on asking about smoking (patient-reported) among the three subgroups of patients who consulted 1) a pre-intender GP, 2) an intender GP, and 3) an actor GP a,b

From: Use of action planning to increase provision of smoking cessation care by general practitioners: role of plan specificity and enactment

 

GP pre-intender (n  = 393)

GP intender (n  = 2,211)

GP actor (n  = 797)

 

Prentotal (% asked)

Postntotal (% asked)

Time × group OR (95% CI)

Prentotal (% asked)

Postntotal (% asked)

Time × group OR (95% CI)

Prentotal (% asked)

Postntotal (% asked)

Time × group OR (95% CI)

Plan specificity

         

High

86 (20.9%)

32 (68.8%)

8.26 (2.26–27.39)*

416 (31.0%)

274 (44.9%)

1.93 (1.49–2.50)**

229 (27.1%)

131 (20.6%)

0.82 (0.48–1.40)

Low

9 (33.3%)

0 (00.0%)

c

163 (33.1%)

144 (47.9%)

2.03 (1.38–2.99)**

99 (47.5%)

49 (16.3%)

0.19 (0.08–0.46)**

Control group

182 (15.4%)

84 (10.7%)

1

719 (40.1%)

495 (40.8%)

1

165 (40.6%)

124 (32.3%)

1

Plan enactment

         

High

49 (28.6%)

21 (90.5%)

46.84 (6.8–324.9)**

256 (35.9%)

235 (57.0%)

2.80 (2.02–3.89)**

154 (64.3%)

58 (72.4%)

0.69 (0.36–1.32)

Low

46 (15.2%)

11 (27.3%)

1.49 (0.35–6.38)

323 (65.0%)

183 (61.2%)

1.10 (0.77–1.58)

174 (59.2%)

122 (80.3%)

0.43 (0.25–0.74)*

Control group

182 (10.0%)

84 (10.7%)

1

719 (51.3%)

495 (54.9%)

1

165 (55.5%)

124 (66.9%)

1

PS × PE

         

High × high

40 (27.5%)

21 (90.5%)

66.45 (6.65–661.7)**

204 (38.2%)

166 (59.0%)

9.78 (3.90–24.53)**

115 (36.5%)

34 (29.4%)

37.82 (8.95–159.9)**

Low × high

9 (33.3%)

0 (0.00%)

c

52 (26.9%)

69 (52.2%)

4.78 (2.04–11.19)**

39 (17.9%)

24 (16.7%)

1.32 (0.31–5.58)

High × low

46 (15.2%)

11 (27.3%)

1.94 (0.32–11.77)

212 (24.1%)

108 (23.2%)

1.09 (0.58–2.03)

114 (17.5%)

97 (17.5%)

2.04 (0.83–5.02)

Low × low

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

c

111 (36.0%)

75 (44.0%)

1.60 (0.80–3.20)

60 (66.7%)

25 (16.0%)

0.14* (0.04–0.54)

Control group

182 (15.4%)

84 (10.7%)

1

719 (44.1%)

495 (41.1%)

1

165 (40.6%)

124 (32.3%)

1

  1. GPs general practitioners, PS plan specificity, PE plan enactment, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval.
  2. aIncludes all patients, both smokers and non-smokers (n = 3,401).
  3. bGeneralised estimating equations adjusted for clustering and patient characteristics.
  4. cAnalyses not possible due to the sparseness of data.
  5. *p < 0.01, **p < 0.001.
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