title: [General practitioners and smoking. General practitioners' knowledge, attitudes and smoking habits and the relationship between these assessed by a questionnaire study in the county of Aarhus].
abstract: The objects of the investigation were to investigate the smoking habits of general practitioners, their assessment of tobacco as a risk factor for ischaemic cardiac disease, attitudes to intervention to stop smoking and to assess whether there was a connection between these. The project was carried out as a questionnaire investigation in the County of Aarhus, where all of the general practitioners received questionnaires. A total of 313 general practitioners replied to the questionnaire which corresponds to 84% participation. 33% of the general practitioners smoked and nine were chain smokers. The majority of the general practitioners accepted that smoking was a risk factor for ischaemic heart disease and were prepared to make great efforts to combat smoking. A connection was present between smoking habits and attitudes: Non-smokers considered that smoking was of great significance as a risk factor for ischaemic heart disease and were prepared to make efforts to alter the smoking habits of their patients. General practitioners doubted the effect of their advice about stopping smoking.
authors.affiliation: Institut for Almen Medicin, Aarhus Universitet.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Christensen
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003718:Denmark; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000209:etiology; D010821:Physicians, Family / Q000523:psychology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000523:psychology*; D016540:Smoking Cessation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires