Table 4.
Opinion about the importance, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions by country (scale responses: 1 = strongly disagree; 7 = strongly agree)
| Netherlands | Hungary | Germany | Spain | United Kingdom | Total | Kruskal–Wallis test | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statements | n | Mean (SD) | n | Mean (SD) | n | Mean (SD) | n | Mean (SD) | n | Mean (SD) | n | Mean (SD) | P value |
| The smoking epidemic is not severe in my country | 28 | 2.00 (1.39) | 16 | 1.44 (0.89) | 17 | 1.82 (1.13) | 18 | 1.50 (0.86) | 14 | 2.50 (1.65) | 93 | 1.85 (1.251) | 0.10 |
| Most smoking cessation interventions are effective | 28 | 3.79 (1.52) | 16 | 2.63 (1.31) | 17 | 2.71 (0.85) | 18 | 4.67 (1.75) | 14 | 4.79 (1.42) | 93 | 3.71 (1.639) | < 10–3 |
| Most smoking cessation interventions are cost-effective | 28 | 4.11 (1.91) | 14 | 2.64 (1.48) | 17 | 3.18 (1.67) | 16 | 4.75 (1.88) | 14 | 5.71 (1.27) | 89 | 4.07 (1.941) | < 10–3 |
| It is important to use smoking cessation interventions because smoking kills a lot of people | 28 | 6.46 (0.79) | 16 | 6.88 (0.50) | 17 | 5.82 (1.51) | 18 | 6.83 (0.51) | 14 | 6.71 (0.47) | 93 | 6.53 (0.916) | 0.009 |
| It is important to use smoking cessation interventions because smoking costs a lot for the society | 28 | 6.14 (1.01) | 16 | 6.75 (0.78) | 17 | 5.76 (1.56) | 18 | 6.67 (0.69) | 14 | 6.43 (0.76) | 93 | 6.32 (1.055) | 0.032 |
| It is unacceptable that we use smoking cessation interventions without knowing their efficacy | 27 | 5.89 (1.05) | 16 | 6.88 (0.34) | 17 | 5.65 (1.62) | 17 | 5.41 (1.54) | 14 | 5.43 (1.22) | 91 | 5.86 (1.304) | 0.003 |
| It is unacceptable that we use smoking cessation interventions without knowing their cost-effectiveness | 27 | 5.04 (1.56) | 16 | 6.00 (1.41) | 17 | 5.12 (1.73) | 18 | 4.50 (1.79) | 14 | 5.07 (1.39) | 92 | 5.12 (1.623) | 0.092 |
SD, Standard deviation