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Table 3 Predictors of tobacco screening

From: Missed opportunities for brief intervention in tobacco control in primary care: patients’ perspectives from primary health care settings in India

Variable

Screened for tobacco use

Unadjusted OR (95% CI)

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

Age

1.00 (0.99 to 1.01)

NA

Sex

  

Female

1

NA

Male

1.16 (0.86 to 1.56)

Marital Status

  

Not married

1

NA

Married

0.97 (0.71 to 1.33)

Education

  

Uneducated

1

NA

Less than primary

1.07 (0.78 to 1.47)

Primary but less than secondary

1.25 (0.90 to 1.74)

Secondary and above

1.22 (0.79 to 1.89)

Caste

  

SC

1

1

ST

0.92 (0.57 to 1.49)

0.84 (0.50 to 1.40)

OBC

0.74 (0.54 to 1.02)

0.71 (0.50 to 1.00)

General

0.68 (0.47 to 0.97)*

0.60 (0.40 to 0.88) *

Poverty

  

Above poverty line

1

NA

Below poverty line

0.87 (0.67 to 1.14)

Area of residence

  

Rural

1

NA

Urban

1.12 (083 to 1.53)

Employment

  

Unemployed

1

NA

Employed

0.47 (0.16 to 1.32)

Number of quit attempts in the past 12 months

  

0

1

1

1 to 5

1.46 (1.12 to 1.90) **

1.54 (1.16 to 2.05) **

>5

1.89 (1.03 to 3.47) *

1.99 (1.03 to 3.85) *

Form of tobacco

  

Smoked tobacco

1

1

Smokeless tobacco

0.76 (0.58 to 0.99) *

1.08 (0.79 to 1.48)

Both

0.93 (0.56 to 1.56)

0.92 (0.53 to 1.58)

Presenting Illness

  

General Ailments

1

1

Respiratory complaints

2.16 (1.58 to 2.95) ***

1.84 (1.30 to 2.62) ***

Obstetric & Gynaecological

1.42 (0.76 to 2.66)

1.43 (0.70 to 2.90)

Chronic conditions

1.30 (0.59 to 2.89)

1.05 (0.44 to 2.52)

Others

1.20 (0.82 to 1.76)

0.97 (0.63 to 1.50)

Number of visits in the past 12 months

  

1 or 2 times

1

1

3 to 5 times

1.43 (1.07 to 1.90) *

1.25 (0.92 to 1.71)

6 times or more

1.74 (1.23 to 2.46) **

1.39 (0.94 to 2.05)

Healthcare provider seen

  

Physician

1

1

Non-physician

0.49 (0.35 to 0.67) ***

0.48 (0.34 to 0.68) ***

  1. OR = Odds Ratio; 95% CI = 95% Confidence Intervals; *p < 0.05; **p ≤ 0.01; ***p ≤ 0.001.