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. 2017 Jul 26;12:20. doi: 10.1186/s12995-017-0166-5

Table 6.

Attitudes toward example and responsibility of 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)

*chi-square