Table 1.

Pre/post Survey Measuring Self-reported Physician Behavior, Attitudes, Comfort, and Knowledge

1. How would you describe your hand-held computer literacy?
a. Noviceb. Intermediatec. Expert
2. What percentage of your patients smoke? (Please check one)
    □ <10%□ 10%□ 20%□ 30%□ 40%
    □ 50%□ 60%□ 70%□ 80%□ 90%□ >90%
3. How often do you:
    a. Ask patients if they smoke?
□ Never□ Sometimes□ Often□ Always
    b. Advise smokers to quit?
□ Never□ Sometimes□ Often□ Always
    c. Assess smokers’ willingness to quit?
□ Never□ Sometimes□ Often□Always
    d. Assist smokers in their attempt to quit?
□ Never□ Sometimes□ Often□ Always
    e. Arrange follow-up with patients who want to quit?
□ Never□ Sometimes□ Often□ Always
4. How often do you:
    a. Provide counseling for patients who want to quit smoking?
□ Never□ Sometimes□ Often□ Always
    b. Have sufficient time available with smoking patients to counsel them on initiating and sustaining a smoking cessation plan?
□ Never□ Sometimes□ Often□ Always
    c. Provide information on quitting such as pamphlets, videos, or online resources
□ Never□ Sometimes□ Often□ Always
    d. Recommend pharmacotherapy for your patients who want to quit?
□ Never□ Sometimes□ Often□ Always
5. If you recommend pharmacotherapy, what do you recommend? (Check all that apply)
□ Nicotine Patch□ Patch□ Inhaler□ Nasal spray
□ Bupropion (Wellbutrin/Zyban)
6. I have a specific intervention plan(s) I use with patients who want to quit smoking.
□ Yes□ No
7. Are you familiar with the Public Health Service Clinical Practice Guidelines on smoking cessation?
□ Yes□ No
8. The importance I place on identifying patients who smoke is
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    Very unimportantVery important
9. The importance I place on counseling patients who smoke is
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    Very unimportantVery important
10. How comfortable are you counseling patients about smoking cessation?
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    Very uncomfortableVery comfortable
11. How comfortable are you with the Public Health Service Clinical Practice Guidelines?
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    Very uncomfortableVery comfortable
12. What is your comfort level with the pharmacological therapies available to aid smokers with quitting smoking?
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    Very uncomfortableVery comfortable
13. How comfortable are you following patients who have initiated a smoking cessation plan to help them sustain their plan?
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    Very uncomfortableVery comfortable
14. My comfort level counseling patients about smoking cessation was enhanced by using the HCSIT.
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    Strongly disagreeStrongly agree
15. My comfort level with pharmacological therapies available to aid smokers with quitting smoking was enhanced by using the HCSIT.
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    Strongly disagreeStrongly agree
16. My comfort level with the Public Health Service Clinical Practice Guidelines was enhanced by using the HCSIT.
    1234567
    Strongly disagreeStrongly agree
The following questions apply to the HCSIT:
17. I found the HCSIT tool easy to use.
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    Strongly disagreeStrongly agree
18. I liked the way the HCSIT tool was organized on the hand held computer.
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    Strongly disagreeStrongly agree
19. I found the HCSIT tool easy to understand.
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    Strongly disagreeStrongly agree
20. The HCSIT tool was fast enough to use/access in the clinical encounter.
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    Strongly disagreeStrongly agree
  • HSCIT, hand-held smoking cessation intervention tool.