Smoking cessation advice: The self-reported attitudes and practice of primary health care physicians in a military community, central Saudi Arabia

Patient Preference and Adherence

Volumn 10, Issue , 2016, Pages 651-658

  Alateeq, Mohammed ^a   Alrashoud, Abdulaziz M ^a   Khair, Mohammed ^a   Salam, Mahmoud ^b  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING ABDULLAH INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Attitude; Practice; Primary health care; Saudi Arabia; Smoking cessation advice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; LIKERT SCALE; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SAUDI ARABIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX RATIO; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 84964515010     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1177889X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/PPA.S103010     Document Type: Article

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