Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-13-2024

Publisher

Tobacco Prevention and Cessation

Volume

10

First page number:

1

Last page number:

10

Abstract

Introduction:
Patient–provider communication quality is instrumental for healthy outcomes in patients. The objective of this study is to examine the relationships between patient–provider communication quality and participant characteristics, perception of e-cigarette harmfulness, and smoking outcomes.

Methods:
A pooled cross-sectional design was used on secondary data obtained from the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS) 5 from Cycle 1 through Cycle 4, from 2017–2022. Our final sample contained 3511 observations. Our outcome variable was the perception of electronic cigarette smoking status. The independent variable was patient–provider communication quality (PPCQ), measured from a series of questions with responses on a 4-item Likert scale (always, usually, sometimes, never). Demographic variables such as marital status, health insurance status, occupation status, and health-related variables were used as participant characteristics. Ordinal logistic regression models were used to examine the above relationships.

Results:
Compared to males, females had lower odds of being in a higher category of perception of e-cigarette harmfulness compared to other categories of e-cigarette harmfulness (AOR=0.66; 95% CI: 0.57–0.76). Respondents who were non-Hispanic Black or Hispanic had lower odds of being in a higher category of perception of e-cigarettes compared to Whites (AOR=0.52; 95% CI: 0.49–0.78, and AOR=0.51; 95% CI: 0.41–0.65, respectively). Respondents who had higher education level compared to those with less than high school had lower odds (AOR=0.30; 95% CI: 0.17–0.51), and Hispanics compared to Whites had higher odds (AOR=1.59; 95% CI: 1.05–2.40), of being former smokers rather than current smokers.

Conclusions:
Providers should invest in staff training and development to target the populations that need conversations regarding e-cigarette usage.

Keywords

patient-provider communication; e-cigarettes; smoking

Disciplines

Health and Medical Administration | Public Health Education and Promotion | Substance Abuse and Addiction

File Format

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File Size

217 KB

Language

English

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