From: The role of middle managers in tobacco control after a national smoke-free hospital campus ban
Disagree (Score 0–4) | No agreement No disagreement (Score 5) | Agreement (Score 6–10) | |||||
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n | % | n | % | n | % | Median (IQR) | |
Managers’ perceptions of how workers’ smoking behaviors affect work | |||||||
Disturbs the work team dynamic | 4 | 6.4 | 6 | 9.7 | 52 | 83.9 | 8.0 (7.0-10.0) |
Generates conflicts between smokers and non-smokers | 10 | 16.4 | 12 | 19.7 | 39 | 63.9 | 8.0 (5.0-9.0) |
I have a more tense relationship with workers who smoke | 48 | 76.2 | 9 | 14.3 | 6 | 9.5 | 1.0 (0.0-4.0) |
Smokers slack off from their duties more often than non-smokers | 27 | 43.5 | 12 | 19.4 | 24 | 37.1 | 5.0 (1.0-7.0) |
Harms the health professional image | 2 | 3.2 | 3 | 4.8 | 58 | 92.0 | 10.0 (8.0-10.0) |
Threatens hygiene at the hospital | 7 | 11.1 | 10 | 15.9 | 46 | 73.0 | 8.0 (5.0-10.0) |
Health professionals should set an example and not smoke | 3 | 4.9 | 3 | 4.9 | 55 | 90.2 | 9.0 (8.0-10.0) |
Managers’ perceptions of how patients’ smoking behaviors affect work | |||||||
Disturbs the work team dynamic | 8 | 13.8 | 12 | 19.0 | 41 | 67.2 | 7.0 (5.0-9.2) |
Generates conflicts between workers and other patients | 8 | 14.1 | 10 | 15.8 | 43 | 70.1 | 7.0 (5.0-9.0) |
I have a more tense relationship with smoker patients | 38 | 61.4 | 14 | 22.8 | 9 | 15.8 | 2.0 (0.0-5.0) |
Smoker patients are more confrontational | 13 | 21.5 | 23 | 35.7 | 27 | 42.8 | 5.0 (4.5-7.0) |
Threatens the security of the organization | 2 | 3.4 | 4 | 6.8 | 71 | 89.8 | 9.0 (8.0-10.0) |
Affects his/her recovery | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 6.8 | 59 | 93.2 | 8.5 (8.0-10.0) |
Managers’ attitudes towards tobacco control | |||||||
All health professionals should know how to assist smokers to quit | 8 | 12.9 | 10 | 14.5 | 45 | 72.6 | 8.0 (5.0-10.0) |
Managers have an important role in enforcing the smoke-free policy | 6 | 9.5 | 7 | 11.1 | 50 | 79.4 | 9.0 (7.0-10.0) |
Managers should work towards compliance of the law | 3 | 4.8 | 5 | 7.9 | 55 | 87.3 | 9.0 (7.0-10.0) |
Managers should foster smoking cessation among smoker patients | 5 | 8.8 | 12 | 19.3 | 45 | 71.9 | 8.0 (5.0-9.0) |
Hospitals should be role model organizations for controlling tobacco | 1 | 1.6 | 1 | 1.6 | 61 | 96.8 | 9.0 (8.0-10.0) |
Hospital top managers should allocate resources for tobacco control | 7 | 11.3 | 16 | 25.8 | 40 | 62.9 | 8.0 (5.0-9.0) |
Hospitals should provide tobacco cessation treatment for smoker patients | 9 | 14.3 | 11 | 17.5 | 43 | 68.2 | 8.0 (5.0-9.0) |
Hospitalization is a good time to quit smoking | 6 | 9.5 | 7 | 11.1 | 50 | 79.4 | 8.0 (7.0-10.0) |
This hospital complies with the smoke-free campus ban | 5 | 8.0 | 3.0 | 4.8 | 53 | 87.2 | 8.0 (8.0-9.0) |