Prevention Habits of Medical Doctors

Types of treatment prescribed for smoking cessation, including varenicline, nicotine patches, nicotine gum, bupropion, cytisine, and electronic cigarettes. Multiple responses are permitted.

Types of screening blood tests prescribed, including complete blood count, lipid profile, blood glucose, renal function, viral serology, inflammatory markers, and other tests. Multiple responses are permitted.

Frequency of prescription of screening blood tests, categorized as occasionally without a defined frequency, once a year, once every 2 years, every 3 to 5 years, more than 5 years apart, or more than 10 years apart.

Criteria used to propose lung cancer screening, including smoking, occupational exposure, non-occupational exposure, family history of lung cancer, and other criteria. Multiple responses are permitted.

Methods used for lung cancer screening, including chest radiography, chest computed tomography, pulmonary function testing, and other methods. Multiple responses are permitted.

Reported frequency of lung cancer screening according to the predefined categories of the questionnaire.

Factors limiting prescription of lung cancer screening, including lack of recommendations, insufficient scientific evidence, insufficient knowledge of the topic, limited access to imaging, lack of patient adherence, and follow-up already provided by another physician. Each factor is assessed using a visual analog scale ranging from 0 (minimum) to 100 (maximum), with higher scores indicating a greater perceived limitation.

Criteria used to propose breast palpation, including systematic examination, age, clinical symptoms, family history of breast cancer, prolonged hormonal exposure, and other risk factors. Multiple responses are permitted.

Factors limiting breast palpation, including lack of time, lack of training, fear of being accused of inappropriate touching, lack of recommendations, insufficient scientific evidence, lack of patient adherence, follow-up already provided by another physician, and teaching patients breast self-examination. Each factor is assessed using a visual analog scale ranging from 0 (minimum) to 100 (maximum), with higher scores indicating a greater perceived limitation.

Factors limiting cervical screening, including lack of time, lack of training, fear of being accused of inappropriate touching, and follow-up already provided by another physician. Each factor is assessed using a visual analog scale ranging from 0 (minimum) to 100 (maximum), with higher scores indicating a greater perceived limitation.

Criteria used to propose prostate cancer screening, including systematic screening, age, clinical symptoms, family history of prostate cancer, ethnicity, and other risk factors. Multiple responses are permitted.

Method used for prostate cancer screening, categorized as digital rectal examination alone, prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing alone, or digital rectal examination combined with PSA testing.

Factors limiting prostate cancer screening, including lack of time, lack of training, fear of being accused of inappropriate touching, lack of recommendations, insufficient scientific evidence, lack of patient adherence, and follow-up already provided by another physician. Each factor is assessed using a visual analog scale ranging from 0 (minimum) to 100 (maximum), with higher scores indicating a greater perceived limitation.

Criteria used to perform visual skin examination, including systematic examination, light skin phototype, age, clinical symptoms, family history of skin cancer, frequent or excessive sun exposure, numerous nevi, and other risk factors. Multiple responses are permitted.

Factors limiting skin cancer screening, including lack of time, lack of training, absence of a dermatoscope, fear of being accused of inappropriate examination, lack of recommendations, insufficient scientific evidence, lack of patient adherence, follow-up already provided by another physician, and teaching patients skin self-examination. Each factor is assessed using a visual analog scale ranging from 0 (minimum) to 100 (maximum), with higher scores indicating a greater perceived limitation.

Professional status of the participant, categorized as physician or medical resident.

Medical specialty of the participant, categorized as general practice, medical specialty, surgery, or psychiatry. Medical and surgical specialties are further specified according to the predefined categories of the questionnaire.

Geographical practice area, categorized as rural, urban, or semi-urban.

Practice setting of the participant, including private practice, hospital practice, salaried practice, no current practice, retired, or other. Multiple responses are permitted.

Working environment, including working alone, group practice, multidisciplinary health center, Maison Sport Santé, with secretarial support, or without secretarial support. Multiple responses are permitted.

Supervision of students, categorized as yes or no.

Total number of patients seen per week, categorized as 0, 1-20, 20-50, 50-100, 100-150, or more than 150 patients per week.

Total working time per week, categorized as 0, 1-10, 10-20, 20-30, 30-40, 40-50, or more than 50 hours per week.

On-call duties assessed separately for private practice and hospital practice, with each categorized as yes or no.

Daily tobacco consumption, categorized as 0, 1-4, 5-9, 10-14, 15-19, or more than 20 cigarettes per day.

Weekly alcohol consumption, categorized as 0, 1-4, 5-9, 10-14, 15-19, or more than 20 alcoholic drinks per week.

Weekly cannabis consumption, categorized as 0, 1-4, 5-9, 10-14, 15-19, or more than 20 joints per week.

Total time spent sitting per day, expressed in hours per day and recorded from 0 to 24 hours in 30-minute increments.

Time spent in leisure-time physical activity, expressed in hours per week and recorded from 0 to 24 hours in 30-minute increments.

Body mass index calculated automatically from self-reported height in centimeters and weight in kilograms, expressed in kg/m².

Age of the participant, expressed in years.

Gender of the participant, categorized as male or female.

Family status of the participant, categorized as single or in a couple.

Total number of children reported by the participant.