Table 2 Recording of smoking in scheduled primary health care office-based visits (n = 536) according to the health care professional encountering the patient.

From: Documentation of smoking in scheduled asthma contacts in primary health care: a 12-year follow-up study

 

Doctor contact (n = 303)

Nurse contact (n = 104)

Both doctor and nurse contact (n = 129)

p-value

Smoking status mentioned n (%)

41 (13.5)

29 (27.9)

33 (25.6)

<0.001

Pack-years mentioned n (%)

 No

296 (97.7)

90 (86.5)

111 (86.0)

<0.001

 Yes

2 (0.7)

1 (1.0)

2 (1.6)

 

 Mentioned, that non-smoker

5 (1.7)

13 (12.5)

16 (12.4)