Table 4 Attitudes of hospital staff towards smoke-free policies and second-hand smoke exposure
From: Implementation, barriers and challenges of smoke-free policies in hospitals in Egypt
Item | Number | Percent | Adjusted OR* | 95% CI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A smoke-free hospital would improve the quality of care the patient receives (Agree) | Admin** | 90 | 82.6% | 1.0 | ||
Physicians | 223 | 83.8% | 1.4 | 0.63 | 3.1 | |
Nurses | 227 | 90.4% | 2.2 | 0.84 | 5.7 | |
Smoke from someone else's cigarette is unhealthy for non-smokers (Agree) | Admin | 97 | 89.8% | 1.0 | ||
Physicians | 260 | 97.7% | 4.6 | 1.41 | 15.1 | |
Nurses | 245 | 97.2% | 3.6 | 1.04 | 12.6 | |
The smoking habits of health professionals influence others (Agree) | Admin | 100 | 91.7% | 1.0 | ||
Physicians | 258 | 97.0% | 3.0 | 0.93 | 10.0 | |
Nurses | 236 | 93.7% | 1.7 | 0.51 | 5.9 | |
Cessation programs should be offered to employees (Agree) | Admin | 101 | 92.7% | 1.0 | ||
Physicians | 254 | 95.5% | 6.8 | 1.68 | 27.3 | |
Nurses | 239 | 95.2% | 2.2 | 0.60 | 7.7 | |
A hospital should be a smoke-free environment (Agree) | Admin | 105 | 97.2% | 1.0 | ||
Physicians | 256 | 96.2% | 1.2 | 0.30 | 4.6 | |
Nurses | 246 | 97.6% | 1.4 | 0.27 | 7.4 | |
Hospital employees who work in offices or areas removed from direct patient care should be allowed to smoke (Disagree) | Admin | 76 | 69.7% | 1.0 | ||
Physicians | 196 | 73.7% | 1.4 | 0.77 | 2.6 | |
Nurses | 155 | 61.3% | 0.7 | 0.36 | 1.3 | |
A smoke-free policy is hard to enforce (Disagree) | Admin | 46 | 42.2% | 1.0 | ||
Physicians | 142 | 53.6% | 2.1 | 1.28 | 3.5 | |
Nurses | 104 | 41.6% | 1.2 | 0.66 | 2.0 | |
Having a smoke-free policy is unfair to smokers (Disagree) | Admin | 90 | 84.1% | 1.0 | ||
Physicians | 234 | 88.0% | 2.6 | 1.08 | 6.1 | |
Nurses | 223 | 88.8% | 1.2 | 0.47 | 3.1 | |
Hospitals with smoke-free policies are likely to lose patients (Disagree) | Admin | 86 | 79.6% | 1.0 | ||
Physicians | 205 | 77.1% | 2.6 | 1.24 | 5.4 | |
Nurses | 186 | 73.5% | 0.9 | 0.45 | 2.0 | |
Smoking bans at hospitals would positively influence job performance (Agree) | Admin | 59 | 54.6% | 1.0 | ||
Physicians | 190 | 71.7% | 2.0 | 1.21 | 3.3 | |
Nurses | 190 | 75.7% | 2.1 | 1.20 | 3.6 | |
Smoking bans at hospitals would positively affect the public image of the hospital (Agree) | Admin | 74 | 68.5% | 1.0 | ||
Physicians | 245 | 92.8% | 5.5 | 2.79 | 10.8 | |
Nurses | 226 | 89.7% | 3.3 | 1.63 | 6.6 | |