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Table 2 Respondent knowledge of smoking, smoking cessation and the impact of smoking and smoking cessation in older age
| Statement | All responses n = (%) | Professional Group [n = (%)] | Training Attendance [n = (%)] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medical | Non-medical | Statistic X2 (df = 1) | Sig p= | Training | No Training | Statistic X2 (df = 1) | Sig p= | |||
| Approximately 20 % of the UK adult population smokes. (True) | Correct | 79 (46.1) | 43 (54.4) | 36 (39.1) | 4.00 | 0.048 | 48 (45.3) | 31 (48.4) | 0.16 | 0.752 |
| Incorrect | 92 (53.9) | 36 (45.6) | 56 (60.9) | 58 (54.7) | 33 (51.6) | |||||
| Approximately 10 % of adults over the age of 65 smokes. (True) | Correct | 23 (13.5) | 10 (12.7) | 13 (14.1) | 0.07 | 0.825 | 11 (10.4) | 12 (18.7) | 2.39 | 0.164 |
| Incorrect | 148 (86.5) | 69 (87.3) | 79 (85.9) | 95 (89.6) | 52 (81.3 | |||||
| Approximately 10 life years are lost on average to smoking related disease. (True) | Correct | 80 (46.8) | 51 (64.5) | 29 (31.5) | 18.63 | <0.001 | 48 (45.3) | 31 (48.4) | 0.16 | 0.752 |
| Incorrect | 91 (53.2) | 28 (35.5) | 63 (68.5) | 58 (54.7) | 33 (51.6) | |||||
| Smoking can reduce the effectiveness of certain medications that are prescribed for conditions which are common in later life. (True) | Correct | 101 (59.1) | 51 (64.5) | 50 (54.3) | 1.83 | 0.213 | 63 (59.4) | 37 (57.8) | 0.04 | 0.873 |
| Incorrect | 70 (40.1) | 28 (35.5) | 42 (45.7) | 43 (40.6) | 27 (42.2) | |||||
| Smoking can delay wound healing in older people. (True) | Correct | 153 (89.4) | 73 (92.4) | 80 (86.6) | 1.34 | 0.320 | 94 (88.7) | 58 (90.6) | 0.16 | 0.800 |
| Incorrect | 18 (10.6) | 6 (7.6) | 12 (13.4) | 12 (11.3) | 6 (9.4) | |||||
| The risk of an older person having a heart attack or stroke increases within 24 h of stopping smoking. (False) | Correct | 148 (86.5) | 73 (92.4) | 75 (81.5) | 4.33 | 0.044 | 92 (86.7) | 55 (85.9) | 0.02 | 1.000 |
| Incorrect | 23 (13.5) | 6 (7.6) | 17 (18.5) | 14 (13.3) | 9 (14.1) | |||||
| Smoking can speed cognitive decline in older people. (True) | Correct | 129 (75.4) | 75 (94.9) | 54 (58.7) | 30.13 | <0.001 | 77 (72.6) | 51 (79.7) | 1.06 | 0.361 |
| Incorrect | 42 (24.6) | 4 (5.1) | 38 (41.3) | 29 (27.4) | 13 (20.3) | |||||
| Smoking does not generally stop the progression of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). (False) | Correct | 135 (78.9) | 67 (84.8) | 68 (73.9) | 3.08 | 0.093 | 89 (83.9) | 45 (70.3) | 4.45 | 0.052 |
| Incorrect | 36 (21.1) | 12 (15.2) | 24 (26.1) | 17 (16.1) | 19 (29.7) | |||||
| Smoking can cause serious complications in older people with diabetes. (True) | Correct | 162 (94.7) | 78 (98.7) | 84 (91.3) | 4.71 | 0.030 | 99 (93.4) | 62 (96.9) | 0.96 | 0.486 |
| Incorrect | 9 (5.3) | 1 (1.3) | 8 (8.7) | 7 (6.6) | 2 (3.1) | |||||
| Older smokers are less likely to want to quit smoking than younger smokers. (False) | Correct | 93(54.4) | 51 (64.5) | 42 (45.6) | 6.12 | 0.014 | 62 (58.5) | 31 (48.4) | 1.63 | 0.202 |
| Incorrect | 78 (45.6) | 28 (35.5) | 50 (54.4) | 44 (41.5) | 33 (51.6) | |||||
| Brief smoking cessation advice is less effective than more intensive advice in helping older people to stop smoking. (False) | Correct | 133 (77.8) | 62 (79.7) | 70 (76.1) | 0.33 | 0.586 | 84 (79.2) | 49 (76.6) | 0.17 | 0.704 |
| Incorrect | 38 (22.2) | 16 (20.3) | 22 (23.9) | 22 (20.8) | 15 (23.4) | |||||
