Table 3.
Responses to individual attitude questionnaire items by participants’ characteristics
| Number of those who answered ‘Yes’ (%) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | Tobacco sales should be banned to adolescents | Smoking should be banned in healthcare organization | Healthcare organizations should establish smoking cessation clinics | HCWs should get specific training on cessation techniques | HCWs serve as role models for their patients and public | HCWs should routinely advise their patients who smoke to quit smoking | HCWs have a role in giving advice about smoking cessation to patients | Patients’ chances of quitting smoking increase if a HCW advises him/her |
| Total | 79 (63.2) | 70 (56.0) | 109 (86.5) | 106 (84.8) | 89 (70.6) | 102 (81.6) | 112 (88.9) | 95 (76.6) |
| Profession | ||||||||
| Physician | 10 (62.5) | 5 (31.3) | 15 (88.2) | 16 (94.1) | 10 (58.8) | 16 (94.1) | 17 (100.0) | 14 (82.4) |
| Allied Health | 35 (63.6) | 30 (53.6) | 45 (80.4) | 44 (78.8) | 39 (69.6) | 45 (83.3) | 48 (87.3) | 41 (75.9) |
| Administrative | 38 (62.3) | 39 (65.0) | 55 (91.7) | 51 (86.7) | 45 (75.0) | 46 (75.4) | 53 (86.9) | 45 (75.0) |
| p | 0.988 | 0.048* | 0.200 | 0.247 | 0.423 | 0.188 | 0.289 | 0.817 |
| Age, years | ||||||||
| 19–30 | 35 (57.4) | 35 (56.5) | 52 (82.5) | 54 (85.7) | 44 (69.8) | 49 (79.0) | 55 (88.7) | 49 (79.0) |
| 31–40 | 39 (63.9) | 34 (55.7) | 56 (91.8) | 48 (80.0) | 43 (71.7) | 50 (83.3) | 54 (88.5) | 44 (74.6) |
| ≥ 41 | 9 (81.8) | 5 (50.0) | 8 (80.0) | 9 (90.0) | 8 (72.7) | 9 (81.8) | 10 (90.9) | 8 (72.7) |
| p | 0.289 | 0.930 | 0.261 | 0.588 | 0.966 | 0.830 | 0.973 | 0.807 |
| Gender | ||||||||
| Male | 11 (61.1) | 9 (50.0) | 17 (94.4) | 17 (94.4) | 15 (83.3) | 14 (82.4) | 17 (94.4) | 13 (76.5) |
| Female | 72 (62.6) | 65 (56.5) | 99 (85.3) | 94 (81.7) | 8 (69.0) | 94 (81.0) | 102 (97.9) | 88 (76.5) |
| p | 0.903 | 0.605 | 0.292 | 0.177 | 0.212 | 0.879 | 0.415 | 0.996 |
| Nationality | ||||||||
| Saudi | 59 (61.5) | 58 (61.1) | 83 (86.5) | 82 (86.3) | 74 (77.1) | 75 (78.9) | 82 (85.4) | 75 (78.9) |
| Non-Saudi | 24 (64.9) | 16 (42.1) | 33 (86.8) | 29 (86.3) | 21 (55.3) | 33 (86.8) | 37 (79.4) | 26 (70.3) |
| p | 0.716 | 0.047* | 0.953 | 0.161 | 0.012* | 0.292 | 0.048* | 0.291 |
| Education | ||||||||
| Undergraduate | 50 (56.8) | 49 (55.1) | 72 (81.8) | 72 (82.8) | 63 (17.6) | 69 (78.4) | 76 (86.4) | 64 (72.7) |
| Postgraduate | 32 (25.6) | 25 (55.6) | 45 (95.7) | 39 (84.4) | 32 (69.6) | 39 (86.7) | 43 (93.5) | 37 (84.1) |
| p | 0.063 | 0.989 | 0.026* | 0.756 | 0.806 | 0.249 | 0.215 | 0.147 |
| Work shift | ||||||||
| Yes | 29 (55.8) | 27 (50.9) | 42 (77.8) | 45 (83.3) | 39 (72.2) | 45 (84.9) | 49 (92.5) | 40 (75.5) |
| No | 54 (66.7) | 47 (58.8) | 74 (92.5) | 66 (83.5) | 56 (70.0) | 63 (78.8) | 70 (86.4) | 61 (77.2) |
| p | 0.205 | 0.375 | 0.014* | 0.974 | 0.781 | 0.374 | 0.279 | 0.817 |
*
Statistically significant. HCWs: healthcare workers.