Table 4.
Rating of attitudes about healthcare professionals and smoking and their role in tobacco control
| Attitudes and beliefs about healthcare professionals and smoking and their role in tobacco control | Rating (%) | n | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strongly disagree | Disagree | Neutral | Agree | Strongly agree | ||||
| Healthcare professionals need additional training/ skills in tobacco control | 3.0 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 27.1 | 67.7 | 133 | ||
| Healthcare professionals should be involved in actively helping patients to stop smoking | 2.3 | 0.8 | 3.0 | 33.8 | 60.2 | 133 | ||
| Healthcare professionals should set a good example by not smoking | 2.3 | 3.8 | 9.8 | 24.8 | 59.4 | 133 | ||
| Least important | Most important | n | Mean | SD | ||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | ||||
| Compared to other disease prevention activities (e.g. nutrition, exercise etc.), how important is it for healthcare professionals to be involved in tobacco control activities? | 0 | 0.8 | 10.6 | 26.5 | 62.1 | 132 | 4.5 | 0.72 |
| How important is it for healthcare professionals to be involved in tobacco control activities? | 0 | 1.5 | 9.1 | 30.3 | 59.1 | 132 | 4.47 | 0.73 |