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Table 3 Adjusted odds ratio† (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for the role of education on nursing students' beliefs towards smoking cessation and training

From: Nursing education and beliefs towards tobacco cessation and control: a cross- sectional national survey (GHPSS) among nursing students in Greece

   

Educational aspects

  
 

Adverse health effects of smoking

Social aspects of smoking

Importance of obtaining a smoking history

Importance of providing counseling material

Use of antidepressants in smoking cessation

Beliefs

     

Nurses have a role in smoking cessation

2.2 (0.7- 6.8)

0.6 (0.3- 1.4)

0.7 (0.2- 3.0)

2.2 (1.0- 4.6)

0.6 (0.2- 1.4)

Nurses should receive special training

1.4 (0.2- 11.7)

1.1 (0.3- 4.1)

1.6 (0.2- 13.6)

0.5 (0.1- 2.2)

0.8 (0.2- 4.2)

Nurses should be role models

1.5 (0.3- 7.0)

1.2 (0.4- 3.4)

1.7 (0.4- 8.0)

2.1 (1.7- 6.1)

0.4 (0.1- 1.1)

Nurse should advise their patients to quit

2.6 (0.3- 25.1)

1.5 (0.3- 8.9)

2.9 (0.3- 27.8)

1.9 (0.3- 11.5)

0.9 (0.1-8.8)

Nurses should provide information on smoking cessation

5.7 (1.0- 34.2)

*

6.0 (1.0- 36)

2.3 (0.4- 13.3)

*

  1. † adjusted for smoking habits (smoker/non smoker)
  2. * not enough subjects to perform the analysis.