Table 3.
Attitudes of midwives, gynaecologists and paediatricians towards smoking cessation counselling.
| Total (n = 315) | Midwives (n = 159) | Gynaecologists (n = 98) | Paediatricians (n = 58) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | M | M | M | |
| Attitudes towards counselling | (SD; 95%-CI) | (SD; 95%-CI) | (SD; 95%-CI) | (SD; 95%-CI) |
| Importance of counselling smoking pregnant women or women post partum 1 | 8.9 (1.7; 8.7–9.1) | 8.9 (1.6; 8.7–9.2) | 9.4 (1.2; 9.2–9.6) | 8.1 (2.3; 7.5–8.7) |
| Importance of counselling women who stopped smoking during pregnancy 1 | 6.2 (2.8; 5.9–6.5) | 6.4 (2.7; 6.0–6.8) | 6.2 (2.8; 5.6–6.8) | 5.7 (2.8; 4.9–6.5) |
| Perceived certainty in counselling about smoking 1 | 7.3 (2.3; 7.0–7.6) | 6.9 (2.4; 6.5–7.3) | 8.2 (1.8; 7.8–8.6) | 6.8 (2.2; 6.2–7.4) |
| Estimated chance of success of counselling 2 | 4.3 (1.9; 4.1–4.5) | 4.3 (1.9; 4.0–4.6) | 4.9 (1.9; 4.5–5.3) | 3.1 (1.5; 2.7–3.5) |
| Counselling about smoking should be the task of | % (95%-CI) | % (95%-CI) | % (95%-CI) | % (95%-CI) |
| Gynaecologists | 97 (94.1–98.2) | 97 (92.7–98.6) | 100 (96.2–100) | 91 (80.7–96.1) |
| Paediatricians | 86 (82.1–89.8) | 89 (83.2–93.1) | 80 (71.4–87.1) | 89 (78.5–95.0) |
| Midwives | 89 (84.7–91.7) | 99 (95.4–99.6) | 77 (68.0–84.5) | 80 (68.2–88.7) |
| Nursing staff | 41 (35.1–46.0) | 44 (36.1–51.4) | 33 (24.4–42.8) | 45 (32.4–57.6) |
Notes: M = arithmetic mean; SD = standard deviation;
1
continuous variable, scale ranged from 1 “not important/certain” to 10 “very important/certain”,
2
continuous variable, 1 “very low” to 10 “very high”.