Table 6 Attitudes toward example and responsibility of health care professionals
From: Prevalence, habits and personal attitudes towards smoking among health care professionals
Resident physicians | Specialist physicians | Trainee nurses | Nurses with secondary education | Nurses with associate degree | Total | p* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||
Health care professionals are example to their patients | |||||||
Strongly disagree | 2 (6.2) | 5 (6.5) | 2 (5.1) | 24 (9.6) | 4 (4.1) | 37 (7.5) | .435 |
Disagree | 2 (6.2) | 2 (2.6) | 1 (2.6) | 10 (3.9) | 2 (2.1) | 17 (3.4) | |
Undecided | 4 (12.5) | 5 (6.5) | 6 (15.4) | 41 (16.3) | 15 (15.5) | 71 (14.3) | |
Agree | 14 (43.7) | 24 (31.2) | 11 (28.2) | 74 (29.5) | 28 (28.8) | 151 (30.4) | |
Strongly agree | 10 (31.2) | 41 (53.2) | 19 (48.7) | 102 (40.7) | 48 (49.5) | 220 (44.3) | |
Health care professionals are example to the society | |||||||
Strongly disagree | 2 (6.2) | 4 (5.2) | 2 (5.1) | 32 (12.7) | 5 (5.1) | 45 (9.0) | .088 |
Disagree | 2 (6.2) | 2 (2.6) | 2 (5.1) | 16 (6.3) | 2 (2.1) | 24 (4.8) | |
Undecided | 5 (15.6) | 9 (11.7) | 13 (33.3) | 45 (17.9) | 18 (18.6) | 90 (18.1) | |
Agree | 11 (34.4) | 26 (33.8) | 8 (20.5) | 70 (27.8) | 26 (26.8) | 141 (28.4) | |
Strongly agree | 12 (37.5) | 36 (46.7) | 14 (35.9) | 89 (35.3) | 46 (47.4) | 197 (39.6) | |
Health care professionals have a greater responsibility when it comes to prevention of the harmful effects of smoking than the other society members | |||||||
Strongly disagree | 1 (3.1) | 4 (5.2) | 4 (10.3) | 25 (10.0) | 5 (5.1) | 39 (7.9) | .074 |
Disagree | 5 (15.6) | 4 (5.2) | 1 (2.6) | 21 (8.4) | 6 (6.2) | 37 (7.5) | |
Undecided | 2 (6.2) | 3 (3.9) | 10 (25.6) | 34 (13.6) | 13 (13.4) | 62 (12.5) | |
Agree | 10 (31.2) | 19 (24.7) | 11 (28.2) | 65 (26.1) | 22 (22.7) | 127 (25.7) | |
Strongly agree | 14 (43.7) | 47 (61.0) | 13 (33.3) | 104 (41.8) | 51 (52.6) | 229 (46.4) | |
Total | 32 (100) | 78 (100) | 39 (100) | 251 (100) | 97 (100) | 497 (100) | |