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Table 2 Middle managers’ attitudes, aptitudes, and perceptions on tobacco controla

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)

 
 

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)

  1. a In some cases there are missing values